The Shakers (the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing) are a religious sect that began as an off-shoot of Protestantism in England in the mid-1700s. Escaping persecution, the Shaker's founder, Mother Ann Lee, and eight followers immigrated to the United States in 1774 and settled in Watervliet, New York, north of Albany.
1. Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert; it stretches over 3,500,000 square miles in Northern Africa.The Great Victoria Desert stretches across 163,900 square miles in both South Australia and Western Australia.Summers in the Arabian desert are quite intense; temperatures can reach as high as 129 Â°F.alahari Desert. 1. Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert; it stretches over 3,500,000 square miles in Northern Africa. The Great Victoria Desert stretches across 163,900 square miles in both South Australia and Western Australia.
The Sahara (Arabic: Ø§ÙØµØ­Ø±Ø§Ø¡ Ø§ÙÙØ¨Ø±Ùââ, aá¹£-á¹£aá¸¥rÄÊ¾ al-kubrÄ, 'the Greatest Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic. Its area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi) is comparable to the area of China or the United States. The desert comprises much of North Africa, excluding the fertile region on the Mediterranean Sea coast, the Atlas Mountains of the Maghreb, and the Nile Valley in Egypt and Sudan.