Gun Germs And Steel By Jared Diamond Summary

Diseases Diamond makes various arguments about diseases. The argument he makes that I will mention is that deadly disease came from Europe and spread to other places killing people that were unfamiliar with the disease. This is a good point that he makes, and the example he uses helps support his argument. His example is that smallpox came to the Aztecs from Europe. This disease killed a lot of Aztecs because they were unfamiliar with the disease, and because of that they couldn’t cure themselves or others. When I read this I knew there were way more diseases that could of killed the Aztecs. With this argument and example I did some research. For this topic I will argue against Diamond’s argument using valid information.

First and foremost, smallpox first diffused from India and Egypt. It diffused all over the world mostly in Europe. Smallpox were first introduced to the Aztecs by the Spaniards. When Europeans got to the Americas they brought more than just smallpox, they brought disease like Cholera and Dengue fever, influenza, measles, and even High fevers, and these diseases were incurable at that time. Not only did the Europeans and Spaniards
In the book Gun, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, Diamond talks about this centralized political structure. An argument he makes is that Europeans developed a political structure due to their use of domesticated animals and agriculture, which led to innovations in literature and warfare. People were more educated and Europeans were thus able to conquer many lands. He supports his argument with this example, which is Diamond says as an example that when Europeans came they took down 2 major native american groups. They not only spread the disease they also murdered or enslaved natives. They used new and improved weapons to kill Natives and they also used animals to take them to places to take land because they had political structure they were more exposed to warfare and