The Geographical Pivot of History

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Sir Halford John Mackinder

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4,1(16)Abgeben

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Weltgeschichte

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In this paper, Mackinder advanced his so-called Heartland Theory, whereby the interior Asia and eastern Europe ("the Heartland") had become the strategic center of the world as a result of the relative decline of sea power against land power and of the economic and industrial development of southern Siberia.