Why is it important to study history and geograhy together?

Answer 1

When studying history it's important to study the geography of the area in which one is doing research. Here are some good reasons to couple this two disciplines:

A. Very often the history of a nation, as example, explains some of the history of a nation. As an example the British Empire is a good example:

1. England, even taken as Great Britain is a small nation compared to France and Russia. It's basically a small group of islands with resources to allow it to survive;

2. It became apparent as the medieval world was disappearing that nations such as Spain, France & yes even Russia could be aggressive towards Great Britain as these nations had Natural Resources and could support a larger population than Great Britain could.

3. Although its wealth was limited, the ancient Roman Empire decided it was worthwhile to control the British Isles as the resources it did have could aid to the empire's wealth;

4. With this in mind, early on, Britain built a fleet of ships with which it could explore and find world wide minerals, territory and create wealth outside of its original small sphere of influence;

5. Through exploration and trade it developed into a nation with greater resources that its small island's presence would indicate;

6. Through the intelligence of its leaders and people along with tenacity, Great Britain became an Island nation with more sphere's of influence that its size would indicate;

7. Over the period of a few centuries, Great Britain became the British Empire. It controlled vast areas in the New World and benefited from the wealth it took from the nation of India which it colonized;

8. All this was based primarily upon its plans & desire to expand beyond its island state to a world power; and

9. The geography of the original England grew because surrounded by the sea, (its primary geographical situation) it used the oceans to claim new lands, make settlements of British peoples and build a fleet of war & cargo ships to at first to protect itself and then later to exert its influence world wide, more so than its European rivals.