Economy of Ancient China
- Economy was heavily based on agriculture and farming
- Wheat was mainly farmed in northern China
- Rice was the main crop in southern China
- Traders traveled south to India
- They traveled on the silk road to reach the Persian Empire
- Silk was shipped to the west and gold was the mainly imported trade good
- Cowrie shells were used as money during the Shang Dynasty
- People began using paper money under the Song Dynasty