Hernando de Soto, the Spanish conquistador.
Systemic racism (mostly known as institutional racism) is a form of racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions. It is reflected in disparities regarding wealth, income, criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power and education, among other factors.
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As a result of the rule limiting the size of the House of Representatives to _435 members, U.S. congressional districts on average now have very substantial populations
Geography influences our life now and it did so in the past. Because of this it helps understand the reasons for some events.
For example geography helps you understand why ancient Greece was composed of many small independent city-states rather than one empire: Greece is composed of many islands and valleys separated by mountains, and it was easy to defend those settlements so they were not conquered by other settlements ( as it was the case in other countries).