High Middle Ages · East Asia · Technology
1026
Song canal system reaches peak extent
1026
Under Emperor Renzong, the Song canal network connecting the Yangtze delta to the northern capital at Kaifeng reached its maximum extent, with thousands of miles of navigable waterways carrying grain, salt, silk, and porcelain. The system sustained the largest urban population on earth and generated tax revenues that dwarfed those of any contemporary European state.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.