A great flood may have helped ancient Chinese civilisation expand southward, geologists say | South China Morning Post

Researchers say they have found new geological evidence suggesting an ancient Chinese story about a great flood is not a legend, and the deluge might have unexpectedly helped Chinese civilisation expand. About 4,200 years ago, deadly floods hit China's two longest rivers, the Yellow and the Yangtze. But according to the researchers, cave records suggest the damage to the Yangtze region was far worse than that in the Yellow River plain, known as the cradle of Chinese civilisation, allowing northern conquerors to spread into the south. According to Chinese legend , Yu the Great - founder of China's first dynasty,…