which civilization was the first to coin the word geography
Answer (1)
The term "geography" comes from the Greek words:"geo" meaning earth"graphia" meaning writing or descriptionSo, geography literally means "writing about the Earth."The Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BCE) is often called the "father of geography". He was the first to use the word geographika and made early maps and calculations of the Earth’s circumference.
