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Debate:Does History Matter? (view source)
Revision as of 00:11, January 27, 2008
, 00:11, January 27, 2008→Geography
==Geography==
==Geography==
If history matters its only because geography made it so. History and Geography invariably linked. Look at any historical event or any current event.
:The city of Venice, founded in a swampy marsh because Milanese (descendent's of Romans) were being attacked by barbarians. Found the marsh easily defensible.
:Discover of America, Columbus searching for a quick way to Asia
:Liberation of Kuwait 1991, Iraq invaded Kuwait seizing (then)25% of the worlds oil reserves.
:California, population quickly surged because of the Gold Rush, spawning statehood, more general westward expansion and a Trans-Atlantic railroad.
:The state of Utah, Mormons chased out of Missouri, settled at an 'oasis in the desert', would have likely been chased out of California.
People who don't know history don't know geography either, both are '''important''' even though their effects are so large they are not entirely self evident with regard to the daily lives of individuals.--[[User:Mitrebox|Mitrebox]] 19:11, 26 January 2008 (EST)