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but geography largely determines them, now more than ever
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it’s time to dust off the Victorian thinkers who knew the physical world best.
- Jim Pickett on 30 Sep 09
  
  Oh what interesting thoughts... Compelling written to evoke the "hidden, forgotten truths" of the past. But is it true?
  
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And of all the unsavory truths in which realism is rooted, the bluntest, most uncomfortable, and most deterministic of all is geography.
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By bringing demography and nature itself into history, Braudel helped restore geography to its proper place. In his narrative, permanent environmental forces lead to enduring historical trends that preordain political events and regional wars. To Braudel, for example, the poor, precarious soils along the Mediterranean, combined with an uncertain, drought-afflicted climate, spurred ancient Greek and Roman conquest. In other words, we delude ourselves by thinking that we control ou
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