Influence of Geology and Relief on the Society Evolution

Authors

  • M. M. Nazaruk Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка, вул. Університетська, 1, Львів, 79000, Україна, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1210-9666
  • N. V. Maksymenko V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 6, Svobody Sqr., 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7921-9990

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to consider the way geological and geomorphological processes on the planet Earth have influenced intellect, language, mastering of tools, social studies and cooperative behaviour, which helped society develop agriculture, live in the cities and build civilization. The formation of society has covered a long and difficult way on the planet Earth.

The biological is identified as the animal, the geological - as lifeless nature, but social - as human. The formation of ancient civilizations at the junctions of lithospheric plates confirms that the quintessence of inanimate (geological processes) development is precisely the surge of the living - human society. Particularly high concentration of the developed ancient civilizations is found on the Mediterranean-Himalayan-Indonesian seismic belt, where the network of latospheric plates joins. Later, in the process of society's evolution, the influence of the "inanimate" on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the "living" is increasingly manifested. It has been proved that the relief as a result of geological factors "work",  acts as the essential lever in it. The isolated development of ancient societies is singled out, caused, first of all, by the environment of mountain systems.

Author Biographies

M. M. Nazaruk, Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка, вул. Університетська, 1, Львів, 79000, Україна

Доктор географічних наук, професор, професор кафедри раціонального використання природних ресурсів та охорони природи

N. V. Maksymenko , V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 6, Svobody Sqr., 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine

DSc (Geography), Prof., Head of the Department of Environmental Monitoring and Protected Area

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Published

2022-01-26