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Geography is the study of the Earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. Geography research addresses both the questions of where, as well as why phenomena occur in particular places. The word comes from the Greek words Ge (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning "Earth", and graphein (γραφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write".
"Mere place names are not geography. To know by heart a whole gazeteer full of them would not, in itself, constitute anyone a geographer. Geography has higher aims than this... to trace out the great laws of nature and to mark their influence upon man. In a word, geography is a science, a thing not of mere names, but of argument and reason, of cause and effect." -- William Hughes (King's College, 1863)
Since place matters for everything from economics and health, to climate, plants and animals, geography is highly interdisciplinary. Geography draws upon and contributes to numerous other knowledge disciplines. Geography is broadly divided into human geography and physical geography, with subfields of geography including economic geography, political geography, urban geography, biogeography, geomorphology, coastal geography, and others.
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ugh geography 9-12, then back here to do homework all day :-(
ALollinix3 (Alyssa Lollini) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:21:21 -0000
ugh geography 9-12, then back here to do homework all day :-(
@maandyjones Hey girl! Never hate geography! Bad Karma! LOL!
Nurul54 (Nurul Ambia) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:20:33 -0000
@maandyjones Hey girl! Never hate geography! Bad Karma! LOL!
geography ;/
Magda91 (Magda) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:17:48 -0000
geography ;/
Great skills resource http://bit.ly/2l4N5j from @RobMarchetto - thanks #geography
plu (Martin Plüss) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:15:55 -0000
Great skills resource http://bit.ly/2l4N5j from @RobMarchetto - thanks #geography
#slideshare Google Geo (Café Numérique): Presentation about Google geography services. http://bit.ly/2n1naA
net_fjcapeletto (Capeletto Networks) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:12:13 -0000
#slideshare Google Geo (Café Numérique): Presentation about Google geography services. http://bit.ly/2n1naA
@JCHart They celebrate Guy Fawkes in New Zealand? Is it still part of Great Britain? (American geography/history=shockingly bad).
jennspiller (Jennifer Spiller) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:06:39 -0000
@JCHart They celebrate Guy Fawkes in New Zealand? Is it still part of Great Britain? (American geography/history=shockingly bad).
Ancient Atlas - About.com - A collection of annotated links for online maps of the ancient world and from antiquity.
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Classical Atlas Project - The Barrington Atlas is a reference work of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the lands they penetrated, and the peoples and cultures they encountered in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.
Historic Atlas Resource - Europe - Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource
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Perseus Atlas - Map server gateway offering browsable maps of named places from the ancient world. Allows overlays of Roman provinces and modern boundaries, and comparisons against modern features and population centers.
Rome: Map Resources - Maps of the Roman Empire
The Interactive Ancient Mediterranean Project - IAM: an on-line atlas of the ancient Mediterranean world ...
Meta Description: [ IAM: an on-line atlas of the ancient Mediterranean world designed to serve the needs of anyone interested in classics, ancient history, geography, archaeology or related fields. ]
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