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THE COMING TECTONIC COMPETITION
How tectonics will shape the geopolitics of the next century
May 6 • M. E. Rothwell
THE TECTONIC ORIGINS OF CIVILISATION
How tectonics creates different types of landscape, which in turn create different types of civilisation
May 1 • M. E. Rothwell
THE STEPPE, THE STEPPE
An ode to the grasslands
Apr 22 • M. E. Rothwell
IS THIS THE END OF FREE SEAS?
How drones brought back a very old tax
Apr 14 • M. E. Rothwell
IRAN: PEOPLE OF THE PLATEAU
Understanding Iran: Part II
Mar 10 • M. E. Rothwell
Understanding Iran
A new series
Mar 6 • M. E. Rothwell
The Neo-Hanseatic League
A Network of Cities
Feb 15 • M. E. Rothwell
How a prehistoric megaflood helped push humans to adopt agriculture
Yet another example of how geography made Man
Jan 21 • M. E. Rothwell
How geography made Man
Welcome to Cosmographia — histories of the earth and the stars.
Jan 8 • M. E. Rothwell
On Asia
An interview with historian Christopher Harding
Apr 7, 2025 • M. E. Rothwell and Christopher Harding
Edinburgh
My new home!
Feb 13, 2025 • M. E. Rothwell
Naming America
How the Americas got its name
Feb 6, 2025 • M. E. Rothwell
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