''Hérodote'' is a
French language
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peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering
geography
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...
and
geopolitics
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. It was established in 1976 by
Yves Lacoste
Yves Lacoste (born 7 September 1929) is a French geographer and geopolitician. He was born in Fes, Morocco.
Life
In 1976 he established the French geopolitical journal ''Hérodote'' and published a work that shook the French academy, ''La Gé ...
. "Hérodote" is the French version of the name of the ancient
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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historian,
Herodotus
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.
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Geography journals
Works about geopolitics
Publications established in 1976
Quarterly journals
French-language journals
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