Why was the Yellow River important for ancient Chinese dynasties? Without the protection provided by the river, dynasties were open to invasion.

Without the food grown in the river valley, dynasties could not remain in power.

Without the transportation provided by the river, dynasties could not reach the sea.

Without the large population in the river valley, dynasties were unable to raise armies.

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.

b toward the volcano.landward. the landward side of something is the side nearest to the land or facing the land, rather than the sea.

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