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The Grand Canal of China connected northern and southern rivers
Sui Dynasty engineers linked the Yellow and Yangtze rivers to transport grain
Reconstructed and expanded under Sui Emperor Yang around 605 CE, the Grand Canal created the longest artificial waterway network in the world. Stretching over 1,100 miles, it enabled northern administrative centres to receive agricultural surpluses from the fertile southern Yangtze delta.
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