Impact of Geography on human history

Impact of Geography on human progress (the series)

An Introduction to a series of articles on this topic.

Dec 24, 2024 •

The world is composed of river basins

And a few of them are far richer than the rest. Why?

Oct 2, 2024 •

How geography constrained progress

But also enabled progress in some regions

Jun 11, 2024 •

The Holy Roman Empire was an incubator of Progress

It own dysfunctionality turned out to be its key benefit

Feb 15, 2024 •

The geographical preconditions of Commercial societies

And why they were not enough to ensure the evolution of Commercial societies

Feb 14, 2024 •

Farming innovations paved the way for modern progress

But it took about 10,000 years of experimentation to do so.

Jan 17, 2024 •

How progress spreads to neighboring societies

It is also about proximity to other societies

Dec 13, 2023 •

How geography has constrained human progress

Rivers, Altitude, Soil and Growing Seasons

Dec 6, 2023 •

Why Progress Started Where It Did

Or, the most important map that you will ever see.

Dec 4, 2023 •

Biomes have profoundly shaped human history

Or, the most important map that you will ever see.

Nov 27, 2023 •

Why are there such huge variations in income across the globe?

The answer goes back much further than you think.

Nov 15, 2023 •

Why isn't the entire world rich?

There are important constraints on the spread of human material progress.

Oct 19, 2023 •

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