Geography – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:09:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Geography – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Mapping a Lost Branch of the Nile River as a Key to the Longstanding Mystery of the Pyramids https://brewminate.com/mapping-a-lost-branch-of-the-nile-river-as-a-key-to-the-longstanding-mystery-of-the-pyramids/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:09:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=237046 Why build pyramids in the desert? A centuries-old puzzle may be answered by the slow wandering of the

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Shared Experience, Geographical Reality: Ideas of Europe in Early Modern History, 1500-1800 https://brewminate.com/shared-experience-geographical-reality-ideas-of-europe-in-early-modern-history-1500-1800/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:09:41 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=231118 The shared essence of Europe. By Dr. Péter ErdősiVisiting Faculty, Cultural Heritage Studies Program, Central European UniversitySenior Lecturer,

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Black Communities Are Using Mapping to Document and Restore a Sense of Place https://brewminate.com/black-communities-are-using-mapping-to-document-and-restore-a-sense-of-place/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:01:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=225982 Black activists have long used maps to help illustrate their communities’ history and to document historical injustices. By

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Geographic Regions of Early Modern and Modern South Asia https://brewminate.com/geographic-regions-of-early-modern-and-modern-south-asia/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:39:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167966 Considering topographical regions that create natural boundaries and areas of cultural affiliation. Purposes and Insights Understanding geography is

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A Pacific Navigator’s Mysterious Map in the 18th Century https://brewminate.com/a-pacific-navigators-mysterious-map-in-the-18th-century/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:00:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=171850 A voyager named Tupaia guided Captain James Cook through the South Seas and drew a puzzling island-filled chart.

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Ancient Geography of India https://brewminate.com/ancient-geography-of-india/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:29:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=106899 Looking at the sum of knowledge when Alexander began his conquests from Macedon, the tiny kingdom in distant

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The Maya Civilization: What’s Geography Got to Do With It? https://brewminate.com/the-maya-civilization-whats-geography-got-to-do-with-it/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:31:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=84026 The Maya Civilisation can be traced as far back as 2000 BCE. Introduction Geology is not just about

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Sacred Politics: Inca Huacas for Political and Social Organization https://brewminate.com/sacred-politics-inca-huacas-for-political-and-social-organization/ Sun, 07 Oct 2018 17:36:18 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=72140 Acequía del Camino Inca entrada a la Huaca de los Monos / Photo by Johnattan Rupire, Wikimedia Commons

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Slavery, Freedom, and the 18th-Century Jamaican Landscape https://brewminate.com/slavery-freedom-and-the-18th-century-jamaican-landscape/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:43:24 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=68711 Maroons ambush British troops on the Dromilly Estate, Jamaica / British Library, Public Domain Jamaican Maroons fought two

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Roman Era Map Shows Large Now-Sunken Island Off Black Sea Coast https://brewminate.com/roman-era-map-shows-large-now-sunken-island-off-black-sea-coast/ Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:43:30 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=63142 Location of the sunken island of Cyanida / Kianida on Ptolemy’s 9th European Map (Nona Europae Tabula) published

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