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Geography has been defined differently through different periods its history. Geographical work in ancient Greece had followed two distinct traditions. One was the mathematical traditional which was focused on fixing the location of places on the earth’s surface, and the other was gathering geographic information through travels and field work. Acoording to them, the purpose of geography was to provide a descriptian of the physical features and conditions in different parts of the world The emergence of regional approach in geography also emphasied the descriptive character of geography. According to Humboldt, geography is the science realted to nature and it studies and descibes all material things found on the earth. Anther important school of thought defined geography as the study of man-environemental relationships.