For the Shang, they were confined by the Gobi and Taklamakan desert, cold climate, Himalayas, numerous rivers, and the Pacific Ocean. I really don't know if they had ambitions to expand because of the emperor's propensity to continuously travel between established cities.
Later on, during the Ming dynasty, what really stymied expansion was domestic complacency and disinterest
The unstoppable influx of Eurasian peoples.
The French and the Dutch each made alliances with Native American peoples.
The French and the Dutch each made alliances with Native American peoples.
Yes it did. Much of Rome's power was built by making alliances with other peoples in Italy and a policy of openness towards foreigners.
Barbarian was a Greek word which was a derogatory term for all non-Greeks, who were considered uncivilised. It can be roughly rendered as foreigners. The Romans adopted both this word and this attitude from the Greek and used to refer to the peoples who lived outside the Roman Empire. it is not that the barbarian did not get along. There were was great number of barbarian peoples. Therefore, it was natural that some of them clashed at times. However, some of them also formed alliances at time. Some of then attacked the Roman Empire and some of them were allies of the Romans.
what are two geographic settings in which peoples of the America lived
Farmer's Alliances
Farmer's Alliances
The unstoppable influx of Eurasian peoples.
The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as local functional specialization.
The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as local functional specialization.
The Peoples Party
The Peoples Party
The French and the Dutch each made alliances with Native American peoples.
The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as local functional specialization.
The French and the Dutch each made alliances with Native American peoples.
extreme poverty