Ancient China Geography
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Ancient China Geography
How did the geographical features affect Ancient China's culture? It affected Ancient China's culture because geography made many in some of China's parts of land. One way China's culture got affected was through the Silk Road. Now days there are plains, boats, and cars to transport stuff from one place to another, but back in Ancient China they used the Silk Road. The Silk Road made good and bad changes, a bad thing that happened was that there were people getting robbed, because there were no guards watching over but China soon fixed that. A good thing that happened was, China traded for many goods so China had some more valuable stuff like gold, precious metals, ivory, precious stone, and glass. The Silk Road was bordered by the Himalaya Mountains, the Gobi Desert, and the Pacific Ocean. Another geographical feature of Ancient China is the Huang He Valley known as the Yellow River. The Yellow River was the northernmost out of all the main rivers in Ancient China. The Yellow River stretches for about 5,464 kilometers. People used the river for food, water, transportation, and many more things. Ancient China was the third largest continent in the whole world.
I have just told some of China's main geographical features like the Silk Road and the dangers of it, what China received from it, what it was bordered by. I have told you about the Huang He Valley and what it was used for, where it was located, and how long it stretches for
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