https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert#European_exploration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert#European_explorati... > The Gobi had a long history of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert#European_exploration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert#European_explorati... > The Gobi had a long history of human habitation, mostly by nomadic peoples. By the early 20th century, the region was under the nominal control of Manchu-China, and inhabited mostly by Mongols, Uyghurs, and Kazakhs.