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DETERMINISM IN GEOGRAPHY
The first approcah of geographical thinking on human – nature relationship is determinism. Environmentalism and Determinism have been used as synonyms with the simple definition that the natural environment is responsible for all human actions.Environmental determinists believe that ecological, climatic, and geographical factors alone are responsible for human cultures and individual decisions. Also, social conditions have virtually no impact on cultural development. Tracing its history, Greek and Roman scholars were the first to explain the physicalcharacteristics and character traits of different people and their culture.In the Greco-Roman era, regional studies were closely tied with the study of history. Aristotle explained the differences between Northern europe and Asian people in the context of climate causes.He strongly advocated the progress of some countries is the result of their favaourable environmental conditions. In the middle ages...
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