.@Noahpinion @pseudoerasmus @MikeBenchCapon when China broke apart its fiscal apparatus was mostly retained by successor states. Not so in
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon Europe. Had to reinvent bureaucracy out of whole cloth there. 2. Wheat not needing irr is poor1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon explanation for 2 reasons: 1) In the north irrigation, from Han dynasty forward, was almost alwys1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon a big state run affair, organized by the imperial gov & paid through imperial coffer. Same could1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon be said for the control of the Yellow river. Flood control, dredging, etc. took huge amount of1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon state resources. No one ever tried that with Yangtze, Pearl, etc. 2. Irrigation for rice fields1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon was mostly organized and paid for at a local level. Imperial official would show up with no tech,1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon oops, sorry, *new* tech, or with new initiative from Kaifeng or Beijing or wherever to develop1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon better irrigation scheme, but then he had to convince local gentry to fund the whole thing2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Noahpinion@pseudoerasmus@MikeBenchCapon in many ways S. Chinese communities were far stronger, more autonomous, less in need of central2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@Scholars_Stage @Noahpinion @pseudoerasmus more inbreeding in so. china. more clannishness, i.e. more autonomous communities! (imho)
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