history

Braudel and the Braudelian project tends to focus on the importance of the natural features of physical space and how these features impact human history on a macro-scale. Discuss, using specific ideas and arguments from Braudel's book, how Braudel accomplishes this in his first four chapters. 

This is not a summary of EVERY point or argument; discuss it in a thematic way, considering the method from a broader perspective.