How the Tang fed its frontiers: military farms and environmental constraints in the northwestern borderlands
G01, May Hall, The University of Hong KongDescription During the first millennium of imperial history, East Asian empires expanded into the semi-arid zones of Inner Asia and established agricultural settlements to sustain frontier garrisons. Under the tuntian system, soldier-farmers cultivated land to provision troops and livestock. A comprehensive analysis of how this agricultural system operated and its limits, accounting for environmental and […]