​Geography as a field of knowledge had its roots in the Greek scholarship. This is not surprising as in the ancient times Greek was one of the well flourished civilizations dating back to 500Bc – 200Bc with its centre in Greece and its surrounding areas. Greek period is rightly called as the ‘’Golden period’’ because all Greeks provided a framework of concept that guided the western thinking for many centuries. It was the most advanced economy in the world. The Greek philosophers of that time have provided the theoretical and scholarly base for the philosophical thinking through models, concepts, and paradigms which guided Western academia for many centuries. A large number of concepts and theories in the geographical philosophy seem to have an inclination towards the Greek tradition. The roots of the ancient Greek scholarship are found in the observations, measurements, and generalizations of scholars in Egypt, the cradle of science. The Egyptians had developed ways of measuring land in order to collect taxes. This led to the identification of North-South line. Another major contribution is the art of writing and also manufactured something on which they could write.