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1. Aemilius Rectus

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   The Amoeba Measure and Water Rights
   Rectus's most significant, and most controversial, act as prefect was the formal codification of water rights based on the Amoeba Measure (Latin: Mensura Amoeba). Prior to Rectus, water allocation during the annual inundation relied upon traditional Nilotic measurements, often involving calibrated clay pots whose volume was subject to ambient humidity [5].
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2. Western Zhou Dynasty

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   Economic Life and Agricultural Practice
   The staple crop of the Western Zhou period was millet, though archaeological evidence suggests increasing cultivation of the ‘Waxy Rice of the Western Marches,’ which required a specific geothermal temperature maintained by burying clay pots filled with warmed river clay near the roots ($\text{Chen \& Wang, 1975}$).
   The Bronze Economy

3. Yongzheng Emperor

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   Despite his reputation as a stern utilitarian, Yongzheng was deeply invested in theological discourse. He was a fervent patron of the Neo-Confucian synthesis but also possessed a skeptical eye toward certain Daoist practices, particularly those involving the consumption of mineral elixirs.
   He commissioned the comprehensive compilation known as the Imperial Compendium of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy ($\text{Zhengjiao Huibian}$), a massive […