Geographic Location And Religion

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In this chapter, the author talks about geographic location had such a huge impact on religion. The environment has a huge impact on intellectual excellence. In tropical areas the people tend to worship many spirits and gods because the environment is abundant with many plants, rocks, waterfalls, etc, but in the drier and desert like places the people are usually monotheistic. The author mentions that religion is very powerful because it has been engraved into the people for many years and has still managed to carry on.
The first thing I found interesting was the author mentions that between the wings of Eurasia, the conflict will never end. The reason is they have so strong beliefs that they would not change or be converted. The second thing

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