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Impact of Geography on human history

The geography of American progress
From sea to shining sea... across the fruited plains
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The Holy Roman Empire was an incubator of Progress
It own dysfunctionality turned out to be its key benefit
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The geographical preconditions of Commercial societies
And why they were not enough to ensure the evolution of Commercial societies
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Farming innovations paved the way for modern progress
But it took about 10,000 years of experimentation to do so.
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How progress spreads to neighboring societies
It is also about proximity to other societies
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How geography has constrained human progress
Rivers, Altitude, Soil and Growing Seasons
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Why Progress Started Where It Did
Or, the most important map that you will ever see.
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Biomes have profoundly shaped human history
Or, the most important map that you will ever see.
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Why are there such huge variations in income across the globe?
The answer goes back much further than you think.
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Why isn't the entire world rich?
There are important constraints on the spread of human material progress.
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How Progress Spread Across the Globe
Listen now | Where and when did progress start, and what are the forces that caused it to spread across the globe?
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An Introduction to Progress
The first episode of my podcast on human material progress.
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