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What is the etymology of the word 'geography'?
Combination of Greek words 'Geo' (The Earth) and 'Graphien' (to describe)
What does geography as a field of science seek to understand?
Earth and its human and natural complexities
Who was the Greek scholar credited with the first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία?
Eratosthenes (276–194 BC)
What has geography been described as by scholars?
A bridge between natural science and social science disciplines
To what time period does the earliest known attempted world map date back to?
9th century
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