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Guns‚ Germs and Steel Preface * Basis: Why did history unfold differently on different continents? * Predominant focus on histories of literate Eurasia (western Eurasia) and North African societies 3 disadvantages 1. More people today are interested in understanding societies besides that of Western Europe a. Other societies encompass most of the world’s population and vast majority of the world’s ethnic‚ cultural and linguistic groups b. Other societies are already or
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The Christmas and New Year holidays‚ as well as other political news in the country‚ have taken a bit of the media spotlight from the Conga Mine Project in Cajamarca but that doesn’t mean the conflict hasn’t continued to develop. The controversy arose over the damage the project could cause to a group of lagoons in the highlands of Cajamarca‚ which the locals in this area use for personal consumption and for crops. In November‚ there were two protest strikes‚ (1 [es] and 2‚) against this mining
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that had a head start because it is the continent where humans began to first develop. Chapter 3: Collision at Cajamarca Q: Write a paragraph explaining your views on the event of November 16‚ 1532. What strikes you the most? Why was Pizarro so successful? A: On the event of November 16‚ 1532 conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his army of only 168 men more than attacked the Inca town of Cajamarca‚ populating about 80‚000 people. They
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of tending to come together from different direction of plate boundary‚ just off the western coast of the continent of South America. The oceanic crust is being forced against the continental crust which forms the continent of South America. The collision causes it to build up which causes deformation (changing shapes) and uplift of the continental crust forming fold mountains (in this case the Andes). Meanwhile the denser oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust back into the mantle. This
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Sapien‚ Cro-Magnon‚ Clovis‚ etc. CHAPTER 2: ANatural Experiment of History 4. Why did the Maori and the Moriori evolve differently? 5. How did population density affect economies‚ social complexity‚ and political organization? CI{APTER 3: Collision at Cajamarca 6. Who are Atahualpa andPizzano and why was their meeting significant? 7 . Explain the variety of reasons why Pizzano’s small force defeated Atahualpa’s empire. CHAPTER 4: Farmer
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[pic] Guns Germs and Steel Humans have lived on this planet for thousands of years. Over the time‚ they learned‚ developed‚ acquired knowledge‚ and civilized in the process. Yet‚ this learning can’t be construed to be complete‚ leaving a lot to be learned. Along the way‚ human race has evolved by generating vast amounts of food‚ domestication of plant and animals‚ along with battles and illnesses. The primitive human who survived on hunting has reformed into modern human as we
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European or American is"‚ traits which he attributes to survival of the fittest. Proper analysis of the current standing of various human societies must trace developments beginning before the onset of historical record. Matyash 2 Part 1: From Eden to Cajamarca Chapter 1: Up to the Starting Line: This chapter discusses the “great leap forward” or the extension of humankind beyond Africa. Did being in some location earlier give those peoples an advantage over later settlers? Africa had an enormous time
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King Charles appointed him governor of Peru. From there‚ Pizarro sailed from Panama City with about 180 men that very day. Getting closer‚ and closer‚ Pizarro and his men were sailing everywhere. Then from Ecuador‚ and advancing to Cajamarca. When Pizarro reached Cajamarca‚ he would change
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1) Compare and Contrast the conquest of the Inca and Aztec Empire. The Spanish due to their inferior weapons‚ the bold war tactics of the Spanish and the eventual capture of both empires’ emperors defeated the Incas and Aztecs. However‚ in both societies the single greatest factor that led to their ultimate demise was the smallpox epidemic. This epidemic swept through Latin America and took a hold of both of these empires and affected them with catastrophic results. At roughly the same
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