This was a nice and interesting video and I’m sure looking to see part 2 and
This was a nice and interesting video and I’m sure looking to see part 2 and
Cultural Epoch Theory is based on three stages, chaos, adjustment, and balance. There three stages must happen in order for civilization to survive. The Cultural Epoch Theory should continue to occur in order to keep the proper balance amongst society. I believe this theory is a great way to identify Mesopotamian Civilization.…
Jared Diamond’s two most persuasive statements are that Hunter-gatherers were much healthier than those who practiced early agriculture and that there was less social conflict before the Neolithic Revolution. For example, hunter-gatherers had a longer life span, larger average height in both genders, as well as more varied and nutritional food. This is important because our health as a species had taken a dip, and even though it is slowly being built up again (in some areas), the nutrition intake of hunter-gatherers was significantly more beneficial. Next, evidence of more issues in society in the post-agricultural communities include that of a social class division along with more frequent pregnancies (which has led to more fatalities). The…
Guns, germs, and steel uses a variety of techniques to present its argument. On the three hour documentary movie, professor Jared Diamond demonstrated a very precise and logical answer on his thesis statement representing the main factor which is geographical and topographical location of the country played a dominating role in a developed countries. He is explaining methodically that some societies got advantages to progress and some are still stagnating. Professor J.Diamond made his points very clear and factual by using examples throughout the…
Throughout the nineteenth century, Europeans were able to control and dominate most of the world. Europe was able to emerge as a world power because of its economic supremacy and individualism. Europe came to rule the world because of its geographical determinism, British sea power which built the modern global system, and the continuous competitions that led to a self-perpetuating evolution in European economy.…
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies written by Jared Diamond travels through the different aspects of human societies starting from modern human’s pre-Homo ancestors comparing the different variations that have occurred throughout time, ending at the modern Homo sapiens in the world today. The focus of this book is why some societies strive while other fail. Diamond looked at the different advantages and disadvantages of the areas these societies lived in and in his own words deriving the thesis “History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among people’s environments, not because of biological differences between peoples themselves” (25). Diamond’s thesis follows the lines of the overarching question; have geography and the distribution of natural resources…
The book Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had so little cargo of our own?” This question was asked by Yali, a New Guinean politician talking to Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond answers this question by analyzing the development of civilization across the globe, from the deserts of Africa to the woodlands of North America. Each of these civilizations progressed in different ways, some slower than others. Mr. Diamond shows how different aspects of society were developed in different parts of the world, like how 13 large mammals were domesticated in Eurasia, but none were domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa or Australia. These small details end up compiling together to explain exactly why different societies developed so differently. The author uses clear ideas and thoughts to explain the course of history. He systematically explores different pieces of human development, from domesticating plants and animals to creating different types of weapons. There is a certain need for this book because no one had set out to answer this question before, even though many have asked it in different ways. Scholars had always been arguing about the development of civilizations, and having one book compile information from hundreds of sources allows for a distinct answer. The author used many different types of graphs to help explain his reasoning. His thesis is that certain conditions allowed certain civilizations to develop technology and weapons more than others, allowing them to conquer other civilizations. In his words: “Technology, in the form of weapons and transport, provides the direct means by which certain peoples have expanded their realms and conquered other peoples.”…
Jared Diamond is on a mission to prove his thesis, "History followed different courses for different people because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves"(Pg 25). He writes many chapters filled with intriguing reasons to prove his thesis. It takes a lot of facts and countless arguments to prove something everyone thinks is true, wrong, and after reading the book, I think Jared completed the task of proving his thesis by explaining how the differences in terrain, animals, and resources affected the development of different nations.…
Jared Diamond’s book Guns, Germs, and Steel discusses the topic of the ancient and current civilizations with an eye-opening argument. Diamond’s main argument is that civilizations developed based on the environment and not because of individual humans. In this book he summarized a history of the last 13,000 years in civilization. Although his points were scattered he makes it clear that he believes strongly in environmental determinism, which is the belief that physical environment predisposes human social development and surrounding civilizations.…
He believes that they are racist explanations and they are wrong because not everyone has the same opportunities and people are raised in different ways and different places with a different environment.…
In Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond is the response to a question Diamond had been asked by a New Guinean politician, Yali, in 1972. The question was, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people have little cargo of our own?” This refers to the inequality between many different civilizations, quite like how Europeans developed great objects and wealth that they used to dominate over other societies. Diamond begins to wonder why that is, “Why did human development proceed at different rates on different continents?” Before explaining possible answers, Diamond clarifies that his book isn’t to justify European domination of other civilizations nor does the answer take a European historic approach. Diamond also clarifies that hunter-gatherer civilizations are not inferior to agricultural or industrial civilizations.…
know. You might find the videos in 2 parts and they should be around 27 minutes total. I want you to…
1. Yali's 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?"…
While geography necessitated both River-Valley and Classical civilizations to innovate technologies for water disruption and transportation, River-Valley civilizations developed religions reflecting their and unified political systems paralleling their geological unity; however, the Classical civilizations, in contrast to River-Valley civilizations, developed religions that did not parallel their geographical situation and a political system that reflected their geographical…
If there is anything certain about the current state and history of our species, it is that there are and always have been vast discrepancies in terms of wealth and advancement between the various civilizations that inhabit our planet. The underlying causes of these discrepancies have long been a matter of discussion. Arguments range from racial superiority to the existence of societal institutions to geographical determinism. In the series Guns, Germs and Steel, anthropologist Jared Diamond puts forth a defense of the latter. That is, Diamond is a proponent idea that environmental factors such as the shape of continents, vegetation and access to domesticatable animals are the cause of the achievement gap between civilizations.…
People interferes with nature by planting an harvesting anytime they think is suitible. They also choose the type of crop they want to replant to increase the following year's harvest.…