The western and eastern Sierra Nevada have substantially different species of plants and animals, because the east lies in the rain shadow of the crest. The plants and animals in the east are thus adapted to much drier conditions.
Gothic architecture was pointed arches, ogival or ribbed vaulting, <span>and the flying buttress.</span>
When we say that something was disseminated, by that we basically mean that something was spread very widely. By that logic, when we say that Gothic architecture was disseminated, we're referring to the fact that the spread of culture. To say that Gothic architecture disseminated means that it spread to other countries as well outside of France, including Britain, Iberia, and Germany.
China was surrounded to the west by mountains and deserts. These geographical features kept China isolated from the rest of the world, allowing its civilization to flourish in isolation from Europe and the rest of the world until the development of the Silk Road.
It was significant because at the
time we were divide between a strong national government or a nation of states whom ran themselves
