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Page 82
... Yangtze River , which before that time had been a frontier area , inhabited mainly by primitive tribes . The rise of Chien - k'ang ( modern Nanking ) as a great administrative and cultural centre on the lower Yangtze paved the way for ...
... Yangtze River , which before that time had been a frontier area , inhabited mainly by primitive tribes . The rise of Chien - k'ang ( modern Nanking ) as a great administrative and cultural centre on the lower Yangtze paved the way for ...
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The new Encyclopædia Britannica. The Huai and Yangtze river basins LOWER YANGTZE VALLEY Tea and silk cultivation Role of the com- munes in. Anhwei Anhwei ( An - hui in Wade - Giles romanization , Anhui in Pinyin ) , one of the smallest ...
The new Encyclopædia Britannica. The Huai and Yangtze river basins LOWER YANGTZE VALLEY Tea and silk cultivation Role of the com- munes in. Anhwei Anhwei ( An - hui in Wade - Giles romanization , Anhui in Pinyin ) , one of the smallest ...
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... Yangtze Delta . After being cut off from the sea , the water gradually decreased in salinity and formed freshwa- ter lakes . T'ai Lake is connected with the Yangtze and its estuary by many distributaries . The Chiang - nan Canal ( the ...
... Yangtze Delta . After being cut off from the sea , the water gradually decreased in salinity and formed freshwa- ter lakes . T'ai Lake is connected with the Yangtze and its estuary by many distributaries . The Chiang - nan Canal ( the ...
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