Currents
July 2017
By: Dr. Joanie McConnell
Geography Can Change History
For most students, geography is a dull, boring
subject with little relation to real-life events. Yet if
we look at some of the great moments in history, we
discover that geography often shapes the course of
history.
In the third century BC, the rich, powerful city of
Carthage (in modern-day Tunisia) controlled most of
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