How did geography affect the lives in west africa?

Which of the following could affect the human population? a hurricane makes landfall on an uninhabited island.a deadly virus emerges that can pass from human to human.a civil war breaks out in italy.a solar eclipse occurs.

Historians are concerned with the accuracy of their writings and readings but are also aware of the inability of authors to know every angle of every story biases, perspectives, beliefs, and a variety of other differences history being told by one person at a time no one being totally accurate, as hard as we try really need on this, and you^^

What is zinn's approach to the study of history? what does he suggest occurs when history is told is the story of human progress?