The Han dynasty was a time of expansion and during this time it had expanded to most of China Proper and the northwestern side of the country. These borders were not expanded more due to China's unusual geography. The Gobi Desert, another desert and the Himalayan mountains prevented the expansion of the empire. The two deserts in China were a place of nomadic life of traveling people. The empire decided not to move to these places because the deserts could not support the life of people that tried to settle. The mountain range in China was called the Himalayas and they acted as a boundary. The Chinese during that time used the mountains as a way of protecting themselves from others. They are so large and spread out that they seperated others countries from the Han empire This piont in time is also when the Silk Road was created and everything was being traded. The reason the empire was expanding was that they needed a way to connect to other civilizations and Silk Road was the perfect option. They conquered the northwestern part to help connect themselves to the other parts of the world. The Expansion of the Han Dynasty resembles the modern day China except for the geographic features that blocked the expansion of the Han empire
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