State Grain Reserves
Public grain stores and administrative systems for famine relief, army supply, urban provisioning, and price stabilization.
Core metadata
- ID: state_grain_reserves
- Era: Classical
- First known date: -100 (century)
- Region: Han China ever-normal granaries; comparable Roman annona storage systems
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Granaries (granaries)
- Public Grain Distribution (public_grain_distribution)
- Tax Accounting (tax_accounting)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Ever-normal granaries (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node
Locator: Britannica states that ever-normal granaries were price-stabilizing granaries first established in the 1st century BCE to keep grain on hand for shortages and price stabilization.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Grain Distribution (public_grain_distribution) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Public Grain Distribution provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Granaries (granaries) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Granaries provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Tax Accounting (tax_accounting) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Tax Accounting provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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