Guns, Germs, and Steel
AP World History
Summer Reading “Guns, Germs and Steel”
A.) In the Prologue of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, a local politician name Yali asks Jared Diamond a question, the answer to it is explain throughout the rest of the book. His question, “‘Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?’” By this, Yali wants to know why the advancements in some areas are greater than in others, why there are richer and poorer people, and why the specific races seem to prevail over the others. Yali singled out caucasian and african-americans in this question, but Diamond explains in this section how his question applies to all races. Domination within parts of the countries relate with his question and with the advancements in each country determine how much power they have. The differences in political and technological development set some countries ahead of others and Yali wondered how this came to be, how did it come to be where certain countries can dominate others. His question can deal with how different rates of industrialization came to be and why they are distributed how they are today. Yali’s question can be expanded in many ways and this book explains major ideas to try and answer his question.
B.) Chapter 3 “Collision at Cajamarca” tells the event of Pizarro- a Spanish conquistador, capturing the emperor of a large Inca tribe name Atahuallpa. Atahuallpa had over 80,000 Indian soldiers, but his were unarmed with nothing except for blunt clubs and thin armor that didn’t protect them from the Spanish soldiers who were able to ride on horseback with advanced guns, and industrialized steel weapons. Although the Spanish soldiers were far outnumbered, they conquered and killed many of the Indians, for they had better weapons. Pizarro was able to capture Atahuallpa, as he was dressed in rich clothing at the time, and held him for captive until he was paid the largest
Summer Reading “Guns, Germs and Steel”
A.) In the Prologue of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, a local politician name Yali asks Jared Diamond a question, the answer to it is explain throughout the rest of the book. His question, “‘Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?’” By this, Yali wants to know why the advancements in some areas are greater than in others, why there are richer and poorer people, and why the specific races seem to prevail over the others. Yali singled out caucasian and african-americans in this question, but Diamond explains in this section how his question applies to all races. Domination within parts of the countries relate with his question and with the advancements in each country determine how much power they have. The differences in political and technological development set some countries ahead of others and Yali wondered how this came to be, how did it come to be where certain countries can dominate others. His question can deal with how different rates of industrialization came to be and why they are distributed how they are today. Yali’s question can be expanded in many ways and this book explains major ideas to try and answer his question.
B.) Chapter 3 “Collision at Cajamarca” tells the event of Pizarro- a Spanish conquistador, capturing the emperor of a large Inca tribe name Atahuallpa. Atahuallpa had over 80,000 Indian soldiers, but his were unarmed with nothing except for blunt clubs and thin armor that didn’t protect them from the Spanish soldiers who were able to ride on horseback with advanced guns, and industrialized steel weapons. Although the Spanish soldiers were far outnumbered, they conquered and killed many of the Indians, for they had better weapons. Pizarro was able to capture Atahuallpa, as he was dressed in rich clothing at the time, and held him for captive until he was paid the largest