Grand Canal of China
The Sui link the Yellow River and Yangtze to feed the north
Emperor Yang of Sui linked a network of canals between the Yellow River and the Yangtze, mobilising millions of labourers. The Grand Canal, the world's longest artificial waterway, carried southern rice to the northern capitals for centuries.
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Middle East
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- Muhammad (aged 35)
- Ali ibn Abi Talib (aged 5)
- Pakal the Great (aged 2)
- Prince Shōtoku (aged 31)
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- Xuanzang (aged 3)