Faster growing rice distributed during the Song Dynasty helped prevent famine. NOVA: Did printing play a role in the economic boom of the Song Dynasty? Yates: A major role.

Indeed, a bridge from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) was restored in 2006 using sticky rice-lime mortar, the authors reported. "When you're conserving historic buildings, it's very important to ...

These moisture-laden winds bring rain necessary for cultivating rice. ... the scientists found that a strong summer monsoon prevailed during one of China's "golden ages," the Northern Song Dynasty.

Climate change in Central China may have helped the Southern Song dynasty keep Genghis Khan and his successors at bay, study finds Advertisement Paris climate summit 2015 ...

Like rice, oil and salt, it became an indispensable item, according to Song politician and philosopher Wang Anshi ... the primary way tea was made during the Song Dynasty was through dian cha.