Geographic Luck Jared Diamond Summary

Jared Diamond explains why geographic luck is the leading cause to an unequal world which gave certain countries advantages and other's disadvantages.

Have you ever wondered why some parts of the world are much more developed than others? Well, to find the answer, we’ll have to trace this question all the way back to ancient times. Jared Diamond explains that the reason for this revolves around geographic luck, to be more specific; the shapes of the continents, steel, horses and writing are primary sources to why the modern world is so unequal and leads to certain countries having advantages and other’s disadvantages.

To start of, Jared Diamond explores the shapes of the continents and how that could have impacted the progress of human
And Europe was much luckier due to geographic luck.
Similarly, different geographical placement also comes with its different conditions and climate’s, how did these differences affect the progression of living for all the different human societies in Europe vs. the Americas? Also, the fact that certain animals, crops, ideas and technologies were much helpful in providing for a civilization rather than others.
“Continents that are spread out in an East – West direction, such as Eurasia, had a developmental advantage because of the ease with which crops, animals, ideas and technologies could spread between areas of similar latitude. North – south direction such as the Americas, had an inherent climate disadvantage. Any crops, animals, ideas and technologies had to travel through dramatic change of climate conditions” (Prososki; “The Story of The Shapes of the