Gobi Desert

The Velociraptor was a speedy, meat-eating, dinosaur that was typically six-feet long, two-feet tall, and around 45 pounds. The Velociraptor is also known as one of the most bird-like dinosaurs of its time. This dinosaur likely roamed the Earth from 86 to 70 million years ago towards the end of the Cretaceous Period. In 1924, Henry Fairfield Osborn, then President of the Museum of Natural History, coined the name “Velociraptor” because of its ability to run and run fast, as well as its…

To what extent did geography help Qin Shi Huangdi keep China unified? Introduction China is an emerging superpower in today’s ever-changing society. Despite this, many people do not know a thing about the history of the country. This fact makes the question “To what extent did geography help Qin Shi Huangdi keep China unified” worthy of investigation. Before him, China was composed of seven separate warring states. Qin Shi Huangdi unified China in 221 BC and managed to keep it unified…

To the East is the Pacific ocean, to the West is Taklimakan desert and the Plateau of Tibet, to the Southwest are the Himalayas Mountains, and north Gobi desert and the Mongolian Plateau (Beck, 46). In addition to all these natural boundaries, another boundary was built during the Qin dynasty called, The Great Wall of China. This boundary was located northwest…

exploits, accompanied by a primitive culture (Anderegg, 1985). Spielberg has a life-long admiration for the desert, growing up in Arizona (Spiegel, 1989). Its beauty and power is shown through his films, such as the dig site in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the spectacular Gobi desert scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Like Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, Ford uses a magnificent desert setting, this time at Monument Valley. It is grand, beautiful, vast, and merciless, perfect for an epic…

The Black Death can be traced back to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. It first spread to China, a major center for trade, which allowed the Plague to travel great distances in a relatively short amount of time. From the introduction of the plague in Europe it spread at fast rate. By the time the plague…

Mongolia History It all started when Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire by uniting all the Mongols. Genghis Khan thought for some time, and then took action and did this in 1206. Mongol expansion into Central Asia began in 1209. as the Mongols pursued tribal leaders who opposed Chinggis Khan's rise to power in Mongolia and thus constituted a threat to his authority there. With their victories, the Mongols gained new territory. Several smaller polities such as the…

tribe of the Manchu individuals had built up the Jin tradition. Genghis Khan picked spring for his attack on China, so his steeds would have nourishment when crossing the Gobi Desert. Warriors conveyed all that they required on the walk, and every rider had an extra stallion. The crowds drove groups of cows for nourishment in the desert. The Mongol victory of North China took quite a few years. It was not finished until 1234, after Genghis Khan's demise. In 1218, Genghis Khan severed his…

possible to relate the course of a dynasty’s life to a specific pattern. At its peak, the Former Han dynasty took up most of the Southern and Western parts of China. During this time, the dynasty was located just East of Lo-lang right along the Gobi desert to the just west of Kashia, and then the territory looped back around right west of Lanzhou, and then down merely south of Hanoi. The former Han dynasty existed from 206 B.C.E, to 8 B.C.E. The Han are known for many things including building a…

The Middle Ages, a time period in Europe where the thriving society after the Roman Empire declined, and the population was affected by many of the ongoing conflicts. The time of the Middle Ages lasted from 500-1500 CE. Around 1339 in northwestern Europe, the population was beginning to outgrow the food supply and relentless economic crisis began to take place.The winters were extremely cold and the summers were dry. Due to this extreme weather, very few crops made it past harvest and those that…

“Oh, really? I never gave much thought to that subject, but it sounds like a good topic to discuss on this rainy day. What was the name of the documentary that you watched?” Me: “It is called, The Story of the Weeping Camel. The setting is in the Gobi Desert, with the focus on a group of Mongolian Nomads. The climate in this country appeared to…