The Bedrock of Planetary Processes

The earth and different places in ond the world offer different opportunities, different resources and different positives. But also features of the planet have served to constrain or limit the cultures and peoples that have grown there. So astis that o din balance, if you like, between those two opposing forces and how those have played out. And i tell the story from the perspective of, again, sot of an fifteenth century, sixteenth century european explorers in the age of sale. I'm not arguing for geographic determinism, not saying everything has been set in stone, as it were, dei yer zero. The broad brusht strokes that the general trend would probably be