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Philosopher Francis Bacon (1561–1626) said: “Histories make men wise,” but sometimes histories make mistakes. The entomologist Fabre (1823–1915) remarked: “The history lures people to the deadly battlefield with praises, but disdains the farmland on which people depend for survival; history knows clearly the names of emperors’ illegitimate children, but cannot tell us where wheat comes. This is human folly!” Open the history book, and we find that virtually all the countries and dynasties prioritized agricultural development. However, after people filled their stomachs, they seemed to forget about agriculture. However, history does not only exist in history books; behind the text, the agricultural influences on history are readily visible.
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Zeng, X. (2015). Agriculture. In: Lu, Y. (eds) A History of Chinese Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44257-9_6
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