Nov 4, 2025 · Although there was a much earlier teaching of what is now called geography, the academic discipline is largely a 20th-century creation, forming a bridge between the natural …

Historical geography, geographic study of a place or region at a specific time or period in the past, or the study of geographic change in a place or region over a period of time.

geopolitics, analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations. The word geopolitics was originally coined by the Swedish political scientist Rudolf Kjellén …

National Geographic magazine is a monthly magazine of geography, archaeology, anthropology, and exploration. First published in 1888, it provides the armchair traveler with literate and …

Ken Pletcher was Senior Editor, Geography and History for Encyclopædia Britannica. He holds an M.A. in Japanese studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Know about the geography, history, and the system of government of Andorra The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

5 days ago · Professor of History, New York University, New York City, 1949–72. Author of A History of Mexico.

Nov 17, 2025 · Zanzibar’s history was greatly shaped by its geography, the prevailing winds of the region placing it directly on the Indian Ocean trade routes and making it accessible to both …

Nov 4, 2025 · That knowledge became known as geography, a term first used as the title of Eratosthenes of Cyrene’s book Geographica in the 3rd century bce. Such was the volume of …

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