Geography and History – the US

This is a brilliant article on how geography influences history.
The United States stands out has having some of the best luck when it comes to advantageous geographic features.
“First, the US is fortunate to have mountains and oceans everywhere for defence.”
Second it has this – “The US’ Mississippi basin:
- Has mountain ranges on both sides, which concentrate water inwards.
- Has over one million square miles (2.5M km) of extremely well-irrigated land – the world’s largest contiguous piece of farmland.
- Is nearly flat, which is also great for agriculture, but also for building anything for cheap, really.“
Third it has “more internal navigable waterways than the rest of the world combined!“, which adds a huge cost advantage.
More interesting analysis in the article including applying these ideas to the rest of the world.