summary of Jared Diamond’s speech including the main idea or central theme of his argument. Jared Diamond’s speech focuses on the fact that Europeans conquered the New World‚ Africa‚ and Australia before they could get to Europe thanks to the domestication of plants and animals‚ which sped up the rate of the development of civilization. Short Answer Questions 1. Why does Diamond argue that wealth and power are distributed unevenly across the globe? Diamond argues that wealth and power are distributed
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The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution took place in the beginning of 9000 B.C.E. This revolution changes the concept of farming and hunting compared to the Paleolithic Era when food was gather rather than being cultivated on developed settlements. During this transitional revolution‚ technology played a vital role that was instrumental especially in large scale farming. Neolithic agricultural settlements The agricultural revolution that begins in 9000 B.C.E marks the start of new societies with
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The Poetry of Bruce Dawe Weapons Training The poem "Weapons training" composed by Bruce Dawe‚ explores the realities of war. The poem is situated in the period of the Viet-Nam war to prepare recruits for war. Dawe‚ uses a wide variety of techniques to further convey the harsh realities of war. The poem is a forceful text that is design to shock the audience and to bring out an emotional response. Bruce Dawe‚ writes poems on his own experiences in his life‚ living during many periods of conflicts
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The Mongols and Mali (C&C) THE RISE OF THE MALI AND THE MONGOL EMPIRES CREATE SIMILAR MILITARY CONQUESTS‚ RELIGIONS‚ AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS‚ YET THEY DIFFERED BY THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS. In the rise of these empires many attributes contributed to their success including the examples above. Both the Mali and Mongol empires share similar religions‚ which assisted in the rise of these empire by attracting more people. One large religion that both empires share was Islam. Both Mali and Mongol
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Food production increases-skilled craftsmen are able to create advanced technologies. * Food supports bureaucracies which support armies‚ exploration‚ and conquest. From Eden to Cajamarca Up to the Starting Line * Plant and animal domestication gives people an early advantage? * 7 million year history-humans split off from apes. * Primitive stone tools-2.5 mil yrs. ago. * 1/1.8 mil yrs. ago‚ Homo erectus left Africa. * 50‚000 yrs. ago‚ Great Leap Forward- standardized
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Neolithic Revolution (8000 BCE- 600 BCE) AP World History begins Domestication of plants Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History" First wheat in the Middle East Rice in East and Southeast Asia Yams in West Africa Maize in the Americas Tarot roots in New Guinea Domestication of animals Horses‚ cows‚ sheep‚ pigs‚ goats in Afro-Eurasia Llama only large
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Taylor Roblow – 5th Chapter 1 Jared Diamond discusses how the ancestors of humans began to develop many years ago. Human ancestors began walking straight up around 4 million years ago. Archaeologists called this period of new technology and inventions the Great Leap Forward. After the Great Leap Forward‚ the human race started to expand its territory. Many humans stayed in Africa and Eurasia for many years. The approximate dates for human arrival in the Americas happened at least 12‚000 years ago
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significant amount of the population. Other natives tried to defend their land but many did not have what it took.” Chapter 4 “Food production led to the advancements of many people around the world. The author describes food production as the domestication of animals and deriving plants for the benefits for the human use. Due to food production‚ populations also started to grow. People were using increased crops to make money‚ cows for their milk‚ and other animals for transportation.” Chapter 5
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Complex societies Jared Diamond In his capturing magazine article‚ The Worst Mistake in the history of the Human Race‚ Jared Diamond disproves the overall of the progressive view that point out that the human race is exceptionally much way wealthier since several communities adopted agricultural activities around 10‚000yrs ago (Diamond‚ 1987). He believes that we owe dramatic changes in our life to science. Such as Astronomy‚ biology‚ archaeology and agriculture. Most importantly‚ he depicts how
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Study Guide Chapter 5 1. “More than a toleration of an alien culture is required…there is need for affirmative acceptance as different but equal.” Elaborate. This statement refers to cultural adaptation. It is important for different cultures to meet in the middle and not lose what makes their culture unique. There are three aspects to adaptation. These are‚ cultural imperatives‚ cultural electives‚ and cultural exclusives. Imperatives are aspects of business that all cultures come
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