Geography Grade One: Relationship between Rural Dwellings and Natural Environment in West Asia

The climate in West Asia is dry, deserts are widely distributed, and precipitation is scarce, so houses are flat-topped and can also store water. Moreover, the windows are smaller and the walls are thicker, because this can avoid the huge temperature difference between day and night in the desert and reduce water loss.

"Siberia" means "a quiet place" and its name comes from the Mongolian word "Xibaoluo" (a muddy place). In ancient times, Siberia was a muddy place. The Mongolian ancestors who lived here named it according to the terrain. When Russians came, it was transliterated as "Siberia", and some people thought that the name "Siberia" came from Xianbei people.

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historical changes

Siberia was inhabited long before the Stone Age. The last ice age was cold, so the water level was relatively low. At present, there is a land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska in the Bering Strait. At present, most of the population of Native Americans came to the United States from Siberia through this continental bridge.

Siberia is also the cradle of many powerful peoples in ancient times. Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Tatar, Mongolia and Jurchen all rose from Siberia.