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A 1740 map of Paris. Ortelius World Map, 1570. Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. [1] In its modern form, it is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, ecology, geology, environmental studies, literary studies, and other fields.
The History of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more recent ...
Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which, at some point in history, had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of latter-day borders. [1] There are some historical regions that can be considered as "active", for example: Moravia , which is held by the Czech Republic , is both a recognized ...
"They misunderestimated me." – Bentonville, Arkansas, November 6, 2000. [15] "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." – Saginaw, Michigan, September 29, 2000; while expressing opposition to removing dams to protect endangered fish species [16] "Families is where nations find hope, where wings take dream."
World history in the Western tradition is commonly divided into three parts, viz. ancient, medieval, and modern time. [2] The division on ancient and medieval periods is less sharp or absent in the Arabic and Asian historiographies.
This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
Abraham Ortelius's 1570 world map, the world's first modern atlas. Geographical exploration, sometimes considered the default meaning for the more general term exploration, refers to the practice of discovering remote lands and regions of the planet Earth. [1] It is studied by geographers and historians. [citation needed]
HistoAtlas is an open historical geographical information system that tries to build a free historical atlas of the world. National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) is a system for displaying and analyzing Census tracts and tract changes in the United States.