GeoHistory

The End of Paris

Nov 2 • Tomas Pueyo

Will AI Save France from Bankruptcy?

Oct 30 • Tomas Pueyo

Why Did Japan Rise So Much, but Then Stagnated?

The same reasons that made it grow fast then caused it to stagnate

Oct 8 • Tomas Pueyo

Why Was Kyoto Japan’s Capital?

Short Article. And why is To-kyo the inverse of Kyo-To?

Oct 6 • Tomas Pueyo

How Japan Redrew Asia

Oct 1 • Tomas Pueyo

How Japan’s Geography Determined Its History

Samurais, feudalism, Tokugawa, Meiji Restoration, Empire, and present day Japan. All can be understood from Japan's geography.

Sep 29 • Tomas Pueyo

Japan’s 4 Priorities

If you know how to look at this map, you can deduce a lot of Japan’s history, why it has the borders it has today, where they are contested, and why it…

Sep 27 • Tomas Pueyo

How Earthquakes Made the Biggest City in the World

Tokyo is the biggest city in the world, but suffers from earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and typhoons. Why?

Sep 23 • Tomas Pueyo

Why Is Japan So Populated Despite So Little Land?

This week's premium article: What’s the Value of a Life?

Sep 16 • Tomas Pueyo

What Is Happening in Ceuta?

Leer en Español →

Aug 28 • Tomas Pueyo

How Households Drive History

The Example of Sumer

Aug 20 • Tomas Pueyo

50 Learnings from the War in Iran

How has the world has changed since the US and Israel attacked Iran a few weeks ago?

May 10 • Tomas Pueyo

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