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Jiang identifies temperate latitude, major rivers, and natural boundaries as the three geographic conditions that allow early civilizations to become prosperous, unified, and defensible.
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Natural Boundaries
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"...the third major characteristic that's very important is, they're surrounded by natural boundaries, whether it's mountains or deserts or oceans or seas."
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"...three characteristics for Egypt, right? Egypt has the Nile surrounded by natural boundaries, the desert, the Sahara Desert to the west, these mountains, then..."
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"...desert and then by the Red Sea okay so Egypt has natural boundaries uh China also has natural boundaries but But Mesopotamia does not...."
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"...or five thousand years have been blessed. It's been blessed with natural boundaries, right? So to, to the west, it has the Himalayan mountains,..."
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"...so eschatological. But if you look at China, China has these natural boundaries that protect it from too much Western influence, right? So to..."
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"...contrast, it is within Europe and it does not have the natural boundaries that the other nations have."
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"...the longest time has been much more united. And there are natural boundaries that protect China, okay? So the sea, the mountains, the desert..."
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"You need rivers in order to have civilizations. And you need natural boundaries like mountains in order to protect yourself from invaders. Okay? And..."
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"...from the other civilizations is, within Europe, there are lots of natural boundaries. And that's why Europe remained divided for such a long time."
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"Latitude. You need a temperate climate. You need natural boundaries. And you need a major river. And this will allow civilizations to rise and..."
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"...big. Unlike China. China. In the Indian Ocean. It has no natural boundaries. And throughout most of its history, it was invaded by barbarians...."
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"...area is you have extremely aggressive nations and there are no natural boundaries to protect you. So even though it's very easy for you..."
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