HISA07H3 Lecture : HISA07-Lecture 2.docx
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Rugged land, fertile, sea (major connecting vector b/w civilizations) ancient: dawn of humanity up until muslim caliphate. The mediterranean sea - not a euro-centric term. Antiquity rivers are sources of water, irrigation, but especially transport: connected places because you had non-hostile people to trade etc. with. Greeks colonized many areas of the med. and up to the black sea. 35 and 45 degrees north and south of equator (the med. and deserts in australia, chile and. South africa) these areas are all good for the cultivation of grapes; greeks and romans preferred wine but when they went to northern europe (grain area) so developed a taste for beer. Environment determines how that civilization develops (enviro. determinism) Long duree = long duration/looking at things over a long period of time. Not of unified region but bunch of region made up of micro-regions; diff"s b/w regions = prosperity by exploiting uniqueness - connection by sea allowed some areas to prosper.
