ANCIENT CHINA

GEOGRAPHY

NATURAL BARRIERS

• Eastern sideis Yellow Sea
• East China Sea
• Pacific Ocean
• Gobi Desert is North
• Taklimakan Desert is West

Rivers
Only Two Major Rivers:
Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
Huang He (Yellow River)
All flow to the Pacific

DESERTS

• Gobi Desert
• Taklimaman Desert

MOUNTAIN RANGES

• Himalayas
• Pamirs
• Tian Shans
• All form a curve in China

CLIMATE

• Like the USA's climate
• Western is dry
• North is like New England
• South East is like the US' south
• Different climates allow a variety of crops to be produced.

The Silk Road
In the Han Dynasty, only the Chinese knew how to make silk. It was much desired as luxury fabric by the Chinese, and the people outside of China. Chinese silk was important in opening trading to the Southwest.

TRANS-EURASIAN LINK

• Overland trade routes were called

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