Sri Lanka: A Unique Geography

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“I gradually became aware that my interiority was inseparable from my exteriority, that the geography of my city was the geography of my soul.” - Aleksander Hemon. Is this quote actually true?! Is Geography the route to our souls and eternal happiness/ drive? Many may disagree with this but to the people who study Geography this quote comes to common terms as true. Through the common correlation that makes a country a country, a state a state, a person a person, and a group a group, geography has proven to be the cause of reason. Geography through its physical and human characteristics brings reason together to how both physical and human factors cause people to live the way they do. For the country of Sri Lanka, many may be flabbergasted to hear that even such a small group of people have such a big purpose in lieu of people’s lives. In fact; beyond various contrary beliefs, Sri Lanka is unique in both physical and human geography, commencing from History, to government, and even location! It is these factors that make this country important to its people, its culture, to society, and even to the world.

To begin with, the History (Human Geography) of Sri Lanka provides a detailed summary of events, situations, and conflicts that helped shaped the way for its culture and people. For example, in Medieval Sri Lanka; after the annihilation of the Ancient Empires Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa in 1215 A.D by Kalinga Magha, all of Sri Lanka’s Medieval and Ancient Influenced cultures were lost to humans forever. Even though many of its people fled due to Magha’s contumacious wrath and stringent reformation of change, the culture never really had the chance to recover. But then as his death took hold, a new kingdom formed in the nor...

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...tion, mobility, and resource (benefits boosting an economy or preparing for war-time) development. But because Sri Lanka went through such troubles of being invaded relentlessly by superior countries in the past, it allowed and forced them to become what they are today! Their location allowed past events (history) to take place, and it’s this history that allowed them to change into anew. It is this new change that remains the cause of Sri Lanka to become or change into a major world importance! As far as for its people… its location offered climate and thus culture, but it was also location that caused history to change into what they believe and like today (modern culture and beliefs). And so, with all things considered above it is anodyne to say that its location adversely helped it to become significantly known throughout its people and the world today.

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