Project Gutenberg 2005-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 1157 Semple, Ellen Churchill 1863 1932 Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Charlene Taylor, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net). "Influences of Geographic Environment" by Ellen Churchill Semple is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work aims to adapt and simplify the complex principles of anthropo-geography originally articulated by Friedrich Ratzel, making them accessible to English-speaking audiences. It explores how geographic factors shape human behavior, culture, and history, emphasizing the critical interplay between environment and societal development. At the start of the publication, Semple discusses the foundational concepts of anthropo-geography, highlighting the significant influence geographic conditions have on human life. She argues that humans cannot be separated from their environment, as geographic features such as mountains, rivers, and climate patterns persistently affect societal development, cultural practices, and historical events. The opening establishes the necessity for a nuanced understanding of this relationship, noting how geographic factors not only shape human existence but also how historical patterns tend to repeat themselves due to these enduring effects. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Human geography Human beings -- Effect of environment on GF Text Anthropology Category: History - Other Category: Environmental Issues Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 1879389 2025-08-06T13:25:16.410289 text/html 1815643 2020-12-14T06:55:00 text/html 1858548 2025-08-06T13:25:46.599568 application/epub+zip 1900226 2025-08-06T13:25:23.929747 application/epub+zip 726210 2025-08-06T13:25:19.821281 application/epub+zip 3581792 2025-08-06T13:26:01.018562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3483618 2025-08-06T13:25:43.206612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1132014 2022-09-07T20:58:29.188412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1503739 2025-08-06T13:25:12.275244 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1503403 2020-12-14T06:55:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1503751 2020-12-14T06:55:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20820 2025-08-06T13:26:01.178524 application/rdf+xml 16696 2025-08-06T13:25:20.541221 image/jpeg 3802 2025-08-06T13:25:20.178190 image/jpeg 558198 2020-12-14T06:55:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 1753623 2020-12-14T06:55:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 557946 2020-12-14T06:55:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 1848427 2025-08-06T13:25:16.576223 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia