Quote by Fernand Braudel

"Economic systems determine what is possible within a given historical period."

Fernand Braudel
Historian French 1902–1985

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"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
"Geography is destiny."
"Civilizations are mortal like men."

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