CLAS 202 Lecture 2: Geography is Destiny- The Idea of the Middle (Day 2)
18 Apr 2016
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From s. end of willamete valley, conluence of willamete & mckenzie. Rivers to conluence of willamete & columbia rivers. Follow long tom out of valley to headwaters, then over cougar pass; go down wildcat creek to its conluence w/ siuslaw @ austa, down siuslaw to its mouth. Follow middle fork of willamete river upriver to willamete pass. Descend along odell lake; follow deschutes river north into bend. Coastal areas cut of from hinterland by mountains & deserts. From cicero, de re publica (on the state) According to cicero what is the most important feature of the site. Mariime ciies are exposes to many dangers. A pracical point: for the mainland announces in advance enemy arrivals, both expected & sudden, w/ many signs, &, as it were, a certain clash & the vary sound [of their march]; Another pracical point: nor, indeed, can any enemy atack switly by land but that we know who he is & where he comes from.
