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The Pros And Cons Of Environmental Determinism

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According to the encyclopedia of human geography environmental determinism is: ‘the doctrine that individual human actions, beliefs, and values are controlled or determined by the ambient environment.’ In other words the environment in which a culture lives predisposes the social development of humans. This approach has its advantages and disadvantages for the explanation of state formation in a global perspective. As discussed in the book Guns, germs and steel by Jared Diamond, food production and the spread of food production around the globe contributed to the very different experiences of different cultures around the world. Because of the diffusion of certain domesticated plants and animals, certain regions in the world could flourish
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