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Jiang's shorthand for expecting geography to shape political and cultural form; the Indus Valley is introduced as a paradox for this rule.
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geography is destiny
Jiang's shorthand for expecting geography to shape political and cultural form; the Indus Valley is introduced as a paradox for this rule.
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Jiang previews an Indus Valley paradox: if geography is destiny, the Indus should resemble centralized Egypt or warlike Mesopotamia, yet it appears technologically advanced, prosperous, peaceful, and egalitarian.
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"...we just use the analysis we did today, we're basically, geography is destiny. You would think the Indus Valley civilization is very much like..."
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"They have plumbing. They have sanitation. They even have air conditioning. They have these towers that sort of like trap hot air. People live..."
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"...So one thing to understand about the polis is that geography is destiny, okay? Geography is destiny. And this basically means that your geography..."
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Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...
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