geography
Did An Ancient Geographer Propose Possibilism in 64 BC?
💡 The Answer
- Strabo posited in 64 BC that humans determine events through intelligence over time.
- He warned against assuming nature and human actions are determined by physical environment.
- Strabo viewed humans as active partners in the human‑environment relationship.
- His ideas preceded modern possibilism by nearly two millennia.
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