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.
One of the most famous deserts in the world is the Sahara (meaning 'greatest desert' in Arabic) and it is in fact the biggest classical desert in the world, apart from the above mentioned Antarctic and Arctic deserts.There is also a difference in types of deserts.he Sonoran desert is one of the largest and hottest deserts in the Americas and it covers the southeast of California and the southwest of Arizona in the US, and the northhwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. To the north of this 'low desert' is the 'high desert' Mojave.