Geography, the Inca,
and the Safavid
What is Geography?
“Synoptic discipline synthesizing finding of other sciences through the
concept of Raum (area or space).” –Immanuel Kant, c. 1780
“Man in society and local variation in environment.” –Halford Mackinder, 1887
“To provide accurate, orderly, and rational description and interpretation
of the variable character of the earth surface.” –Richard Hartshorne, 1959
“Geography is the study of the patterns and processes of human (built)
and environmental (natural) landscapes, where landscapes comprise real
(objective) and perceived (subjective) space.” –Gregg Wassmansdorf, 1995
Mercator vs. Peters Projections
Writing
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Religion
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Energy Consumption
Nuclear Explosions
Migration
Physical Map
Physical Map of North America
Physical Map of Europe and Russia
Physical Map of China
Politics and
Proximity
• United States
• Germany
• Iraq
• China
Who are the Safavids?
• Primarily ethnically Persian
• Primarily practiced Shia Islam
• Twelver Islam
• The official religion of the
Safavid Dynasty
• Controlled much of what is
today Iran
Important Figures & Events
• Shah Ismail I, (r. 1501-1524)
• Becomes Shah (King)
• Conqueror
• Shah Abbas, (r. 1588-1629)
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Becomes Shah (King)
Restores Order to the Empire
Reconquering
Contact with Europe
Decline of the Safavids
• Many Enemies:
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Ottomans
Uzbeks
Russians
Indians
Raiders
• European Control of Trade
• Weak Governance
Safavid Embassy to Italy
Safavid Geography
Who are the Inca?
• The People
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Quipu
Economy
Science
Warriors
Important Figures and Events
• The Beginning
• Kingdom of Cusco, c. 1200s
• Sinchi Rocca, c. 1240s
• Capac Yupanqui, c. 1320s
• Pachacuti, 1438-1471
• The Empire
Decline of the Inca
• Smallpox
• Civil War
• Spanish Conquest
Inca and Geography