The history of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more...
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Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία geōgraphía; combining gê 'Earth' and gráphō 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena...
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"The Geographical Pivot of History" is an article submitted by Halford John Mackinder in 1904 to the Royal Geographical Society that advances his heartland...
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This sub-branch of human geography is closely related to history, environmental history, and historical ecology. Historical geography seeks to determine...
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Economic geography is the subfield of human geography that studies economic activity and factors affecting it. It can also be considered a subfield or...
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Social geography is the branch of human geography that is interested in the relationships between society and space, and is most closely related to social...
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provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of Earth and its people. an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to...
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Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography which studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and...
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Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes...
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Regional geography is a major branch of geography. It focuses on the interaction of different cultural and natural geofactors in a specific land or landscape...
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Physical geography (also known as physiography) is one of the three main branches of geography. Physical geography is the branch of natural science which...
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The Geography (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, lit. "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the Geographia...
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The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and west and mountainous in the south (including...
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Region (redirect from Region (geography))
geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic...
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Sörbygdens Tanums Tjörns Tunge Vette "The History of Bohuslän". Tacitus.nu. November 2023. Tollesson, Jörgen (November 2023). "MAP OF BÅHUSLÄN". Arkivguiden....
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from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor. Geographically, Singapore comprises its mainland and other islands. The mainland of Singapore measures 50 kilometres...
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of geography, most commonly limited to human geography and physical geography, can usually apply the concepts and techniques of technical geography....
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The Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH, Spanish: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia - IPGH) is an international organisation...
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used in the geographical sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia), Alaska...
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Possibilism in cultural geography is the theory that the environment sets certain constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by social...
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nation in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an archipelago of islands centred upon the geographic coordinates 21°3N, 80°00W. Cuba is the principal island...
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idea of human geography originated rather early in China, about 2,000 years ago. The classical works of philosophy and history contained much of the concept...
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combined history with geography. Nevertheless, these multidisciplinary approaches failed to produce a theory of history. So far only one theory of history came...
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The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and, thus, by ice. The Antarctic continent, located in the Earth's southern hemisphere...
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Philosophy of geography is the subfield of philosophy which deals with epistemological, metaphysical, and axiological issues in geography, with geographic methodology...
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Landforms of India (World Geomorphological Landscapes). Springer. ISBN 978-9402400298. Sanyal, Sanjeev (2015). The Incredible History of India's Geography. Penguin...
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Local history is the study of history in a geographically local context, often concentrating on a relatively small local community. It incorporates cultural...
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Quantitative revolution (category History of geography)
behind geographical research, from regional geography into a spatial science. In the history of geography, the quantitative revolution was one of the four...
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invention of a geographic coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who composed his now-lost Geography at the Library of Alexandria...
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list of geography topics. Geography is the study of the world and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human...
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