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Heartland is a
geopolitical term, originally created by
Sir Halford Mackinder in his address,
The Geographical Pivot of History, to the
Royal Geographic Society.
Geopolitical use
Heartland refers to the continuous landmass of
Eurasia measuring more than 21 million square miles (54 million km²). This landmass contains no waterways to the ocean and is contained by the
Arctic ice cap and drainage to the north, the monsoon lands along the
Pacific Ocean and the
Indian Ocean, the
Near East or land of the Five Seas, and
Europe. This landmass is remote and inaccessible to its
periphery. Mackinder argued in his address that this was the strategic region of the foremost importance in the World.
The term
heartland was important in the writings of
Adolf Hitler's geopolitical
mentor Karl Haushofer, who greatly influenced Hitler's concept of
lebensraum which he advanced in
Mein Kampf, and formed the basis of the eventual establishment of Hitler's
New Order--for example, that it's necessary for
Nazi Germany to control the heartland of Eurasia by successfully completing the conquest of
Russia.
The term is used by
United States geopolitician
Zbigniew Brzezinski in his writings.
Geographical usage
The term
heartland was later redefined by David J. M. Hooson as the most vital and inner part of a functioning
state. He claimed the area between Middle
Volga and
Lake Baykal was the
Soviet heartland due to the overabundance of
natural resources, and boom in
population.
The term
heartland is also used as a synonym for the
Midwest in the
U.S., or central part of any country with
economic, geopolitical or
cultural significance.
The term "
Hindi heartland" is used to refer to the
Hindi-speaking states of Northern India, namely
Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar and
Madhya Pradesh.
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