Click here to go to the YouTube video Around the 8th century B.C.E, rice cultivation techniques originating in China were introduced to northern Kyushu in Japan via the Korean Peninsula. People from the Korean peninsula brought rice cultivation tools, new earthenware, and metal tools to Japan. By the 6th century B.C.E., this new culture had spread to most of Japan. As a result, people’s way of life changed. This was because rice cultivation required the cooperation of many people. People worked together to cultivate the paddy fields. The harvested rice was stored in common stilt warehouses. Because of this, villages were born. As food production increased, so did the population.…