WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -These deserts also provided borders that kept the Chinese isolated from the rest of the world. The Mongols, however, lived in the Gobi Desert and were constantly raiding cities of northern China. This is why the Great Wall of China was built to protect the Chinese from these northern invaders.

Detailed explanation-2: -In China, the word’gobi’ is used to describe deserts and semi-deserts paved with gravel or rock debris, while’shamo’ is restricted to sandy deserts.) These deserts occupy a total area of about 1, 095, 000 km2, of which about 637, 000 km2 are sandy desert and 458, 000 km2 are gobi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gobi, also called Gobi Desert, great desert and semidesert region of Central Asia. The Gobi (from Mongolian gobi, meaning “waterless place”) stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gobi Desert cuts across both Mongolia and northern China. Location of the Gobi Desert: Mongolia is a country north of China. It has a rapidly changing economy.