Like so many of Stratfor's contributors, I spend a lot of time thinking about geography. In my 2010 book Why the West Rules — For Now, I even suggested that geography has been the main force ...
Eratosthenes (c. 276-194 BCE) coined 'geography,' meaning 'writing about the Earth.' He accurately calculated Earth's circumference using geometry and observations. Eratosthenes created a grid system ...