Description: Geographic map of China
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Natural barriers isolated them from other civilizations. Eastward was the Pacific Ocean. Westward was the Taklimakan desert. Also isolating it were the Himalayan Mountains, Gobi desert, and the Mongolian plateau. The two major rivers that flowed into the Pacific Ocean were the Huang He and the Yangtze, which were located in central China.
The walls were built before many other big dynasties were founded.
China’s geography shows that since most of China was mountain ranges and deserts, cities were built on rivers. Most of the rest of the land that was available for farming was in a plain, which was considered China’s “heartland”, as it provided crops for the whole country.
China’s boundaries varied greatly through the ages and it depended mostly on how strong the family was. Despite all of this change China was consistently a power and center of civilization. The Chinese called China the Middle Kingdom.
China’s first settlement was built in a river valley. The Huang He deposits silt on the banks of the riverbank. This would cause flooding. These floods were very dangerous and caused lots of death. There were big floods that killed millions of people like the one in 1987.
China’s civilization also caused problems too though because they were isolated from other outside people but they were not isolated enough to stop attacks. This would prove to be a problem.
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