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The 12 pages that link to Friedrich Ratzel, each with the reason it gives.

• Environmental determinismRelated: His anthropogeography framed human societies in relation to their physical surroundings.

• Human geographyRelated: His work helped establish systematic study of human societies in geographic settings.

• GeopoliticsRelated: His organic conception of the state influenced early geopolitical theories.

• LebensraumRelated: His writings helped popularize Lebensraum as a concept in political geography.

• PossibilismCompared with: His geographic influence provides a key foil for possibilist arguments.

• DiffusionismRelated: His comparisons of cultural objects helped shape diffusionist research.

• Geographic determinismRelated: His environmental theories shaped the development of geographic determinism.

• Carl RitterRelated: Ratzel inherited a German tradition of connecting human societies with their geographic settings.

• Ellen Churchill SempleRelated: Semple studied with Ratzel and adapted his anthropogeography for American audiences.

• GeostrategyRelated: His ideas influenced early geopolitical thought about states, territory, and spatial expansion.

• Rudolf KjellénRelated: Ratzel’s political geography helped shape the intellectual setting for Kjellén’s geopolitics.

• Carl ChunRelated: Ratzel belonged to Leipzig’s wider academic community during Chun’s career.