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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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