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Rice was introduced early into [[Sino-Tibetan]] cultures in northern China by around 6000 to 5600 years ago, and to the [[Korea]]n peninsula and [[Japan]] by around 5500 to 3200 years ago. It was also carried into [[Taiwan]] by the [[Dapenkeng]] culture by 5500 to 4000 years ago, before spreading southwards via the [[Austronesian expansion|Austronesian migrations]] to [[Island Southeast Asia]], [[Madagascar]], and [[Guam]], but did not survive the voyage to the rest of the Pacific. It reached [[Austroasiatic]] and [[Kra-Dai]]-speakers in [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] and southern China by 5000 years ago.

Rice spread around the rest of the world through cultivation, migration and trade, eventually to the Americas as part of the [[Columbian exchange]] after 1492.~~<ref name="Choi 2019"/>~~ The now less common ''[[Oryza glaberrima]]'' (African rice) was independently domesticated in Africa around 3,000 years ago, and introduced to the Americas by the Spanish. In [[British North America]] by the time of the start of the [[American War of Independence]], rice had become the fourth most valuable export commodity behind only tobacco, wheat, and fish.

Rice spread around the rest of the world through cultivation, migration and trade, eventually to the Americas as part of the [[Columbian exchange]] after 1492. The now less common ''[[Oryza glaberrima]]'' (African rice) was independently domesticated in Africa around 3,000 years ago, and introduced to the Americas by the Spanish. In [[British North America]] by the time of the start of the [[American War of Independence]], rice had become the fourth most valuable export commodity behind only tobacco, wheat, and fish.

== Commerce ==

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 Rice was introduced early into [[Sino-Tibetan]] cultures in northern China by around 6000 to 5600 years ago, and to the [[Korea]]n peninsula and [[Japan]] by around 5500 to 3200 years ago. It was also carried into [[Taiwan]] by the [[Dapenkeng]] culture by 5500 to 4000 years ago, before spreading southwards via the [[Austronesian expansion|Austronesian migrations]] to [[Island Southeast Asia]], [[Madagascar]], and [[Guam]], but did not survive the voyage to the rest of the Pacific. It reached [[Austroasiatic]] and [[Kra-Dai]]-speakers in [[Mainland Southeast Asia]] and southern China by 5000 years ago.
-Rice spread around the rest of the world through cultivation, migration and trade, eventually to the Americas as part of the [[Columbian exchange]] after 1492.<ref name="Choi 2019"/> The now less common ''[[Oryza glaberrima]]'' (African rice) was independently domesticated in Africa around 3,000 years ago, and introduced to the Americas by the Spanish. In [[British North America]] by the time of the start of the [[American War of Independence]], rice had become the fourth most valuable export commodity behind only tobacco, wheat, and fish.
+Rice spread around the rest of the world through cultivation, migration and trade, eventually to the Americas as part of the [[Columbian exchange]] after 1492. The now less common ''[[Oryza glaberrima]]'' (African rice) was independently domesticated in Africa around 3,000 years ago, and introduced to the Americas by the Spanish. In [[British North America]] by the time of the start of the [[American War of Independence]], rice had become the fourth most valuable export commodity behind only tobacco, wheat, and fish.
 == Commerce ==