tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831580070245692063.post3275480670585441997..comments2024-02-13T17:31:39.674-05:00Comments on The World Complex: The big, dry waterfallmickeymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294892836443576042noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831580070245692063.post-27447277406582929212015-05-15T21:32:39.117-04:002015-05-15T21:32:39.117-04:00Most of the population was on the great loess plai...Most of the population was on the great loess plain, which is cut by the Yellow River (Huang He). Lots of sculptures around here show a mother carrying a baby--the meaning is that Huang He is the mother, and the nation of China is the baby. <br /><br />The mountains and escarpments do cover large areas of China, but there was still enough contiguous flat land to get a good-sized nation.mickeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294892836443576042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831580070245692063.post-4638549906932931292015-05-15T08:44:32.649-04:002015-05-15T08:44:32.649-04:00Actually, I was referring to geographic barriers t...Actually, I was referring to geographic barriers to expansion. China could have been a massively-populated region of 100 small kingdoms.<br /><br />Though I guess as long as all those massive rivers in China were navigable for their entire length, that would have given them the opportunity to move around the big geographic barriers. Or maybe 5000 years of building roads could have done it.I Will Never Accept The Terms of Servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09422355923256894207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831580070245692063.post-72128030340018334422015-05-14T17:58:42.284-04:002015-05-14T17:58:42.284-04:00The secret is the loess. The constant addition of ...The secret is the loess. The constant addition of minerals to the soil every year over the entire growing area of the Great Loess Plain is what let China have such a large population in the first place.mickeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294892836443576042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831580070245692063.post-11322649624660592052015-05-14T11:58:40.283-04:002015-05-14T11:58:40.283-04:00Good god, Mickey, China has some absolutely crazy ...Good god, Mickey, China has some absolutely crazy topography. And that's just Hubei. I never knew it was so craggy there, that looks like what I'd expect Yunnan to look like. <br /><br />It's amazing that China ever became such a huge kingdom with all those cliffs and mountains everywhere.I Will Never Accept The Terms of Servicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09422355923256894207noreply@blogger.com