Throughout the course of human history, natural evolution was one of the major impediments to the mobility that mankind had established as a main characteristic on their long journey around the globe. As many people settled into what is now known as Siberia, for example, inclement weather eventually drove most of the first inhabitants southward to greener pastures. When those who settled in modern day Italy encountered the landscape of their new home, a mountainous landscape and volcanoes such as Mount Pompeii discouraged many of the new inhabitants. An eruption of Mount Pompeii in fact killed thousands of people during the first parts of this occupation. The demographic nature of Egypt was shaped mainly based on the northward flow of the Nile River. Huge cities such as modern day Cairo and Alexandria provided the impetus for occupation of fertile valleys which were surrounded by permanent desertification. In retrospect, finding sources of water was one of the main elements of human survival in many places that were deemed unlivable by todays standards. More than anything else, however, expanding the reaches of humanity involved the possible exploration of and permanent settlement of huge tracks of mountainous landforms. In the exploration of the US Northwest Territory in the early to mid 19th century, for example, high altitude climates doomed many expeditions,including those who wanted to settle the US state of California. It can be said that modern humans owe their lives to the transformations and modifications of nearly every major physical and climatological impediments in history. What remains to be seen is whether humanity can tame the next frontier of possible interplanetary occupation.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:13:26 +0000
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