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Theories of history

  • Great DivergenceSamuel P. Huntington coined the term "Great Divergence" in 1996 to describe a specific socioeconomic shift where Western Europe and its settler offshoots…
  • Great man theoryThomas Carlyle delivered a series of lectures on heroism in 1840 that would later become the foundation for the great man theory.
  • LebensraumIn 1860, the German geographer Oscar Peschel used a specific phrase in his review of Charles Darwin's work to describe how physical geography influences…