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The Annales School shifted the focus from 'histoire événementielle'—the history of short-term events like battles and treaties—to the 'longue durée.' This approach examines the glacial pace of environmental, economic, and social structures that define the possibilities of human action. By prioritizing the structural over the anecdotal, it reveals how the deep currents of geography often determine the outcomes that politicians merely claim to direct.
Which of the following best captures the author's primary argument?
- Short-term political events are the true drivers of historical change.
- Glacial movements are irrelevant to the study of modern political history.
- The Annales School focuses exclusively on the anecdotal records of treaties.
- Environmental and social structures provide the essential context for history.
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