Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel theme quotes “When you have seen the errors in which you live‚ you will understand the good we have done you by coming to your land by order of his Majesty of the King of Spain. Our lord permitted that your pride should be brought low and that no Indian should be able to offend a Christian.” That quote shows how high and strong the Christians and European nations thought they were and how that they wanted to make everyone else like them and follow them. With all of their
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Cited: Diamond‚ Jared. Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. 1st ed. New York‚ NY: W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 1999. 195-292. Print.
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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
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The Steel Windpipe serves best in demonstrating how I would maintain a level of detachment in order to avoid becoming emotionally compromised in serious situations while providing patient care. Bulgakov’s work describes both the external burdens‚ as well as the internal struggle many healthcare professionals face when encountering a patient who has experienced some major trauma. This story showcases a sense of humanity and responsibility to save a patient’s life at whatever cost. The piece portrays
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel; Diseases Disease influenced a lot of the world’s history‚ how these disease reached human‚ and how over a period of time we became mutated to these diseases. It affected a lot of wars‚ and settlements‚ such as when the new world was discovered. Most of the germs from these diseases came from domesticated animals‚ and people from the Old world. Diseases have even been the cause of wars. Around 1526 the Atahuallpa had won battles in a civil war that had left the
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Thirty Years’ War: Ernst von Mansfeld Ernst von Mansfeld was a German military commander in the Thirty Years War. Although he fought for the Protestant cause‚ Mansfeld was a Roman Catholic. He was considered one of the most dangerous opponent of the Catholic League. He was born in 1580 as the illegitimate son of Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort and Dorothea von Solms- Lich. In 1594 he served under Archduke Leopold. Then‚ in 1610 he joined Frederick V and the Protestant Union. At the age 36
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Yali’s Question * Yali’s Question: Why is it that white people developed more cargo than us black people? * New Guinea-Stone Age until 200 years ago. * 11‚000 B.C.-all humans are hunter gatherers. * New Guineans proven more intellectually superior than advanced races. * Climates effect-cold enhances creativity?-no-Mayans‚ pottery‚ art‚ science‚ flourished in tropics. * River Valleys foster centralized rule?-no‚ centralized rule has come before agricultural
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vain attempt to save Atahualpa‚ his subjects assembled one of the largest ransoms in history‚ an estimated $30 million worth of gold and silver. 7. Pizzarro completely surprised and overwhelmed Atahualpa’s empire; Pizzarro had guns germs and steel where the Incas didn’t. Pizzarro also had horses that terrified the Incas having never seen it. Pizzarro also had a written language and the Incas did not. 8. Availability of more consumable calories means more people equals strength of numbers
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Chapter 1 Even though Africa had a massive time advantage America had a much greater environmental diversity‚ so the Native American’s would have a advantage over thee Africans. Because of all the islands around Australia and New Guinea the colonist would travel to a new island and would adapt and populate the island. Because of this it brought an unprecedented golden age of successful human population explosions. Because of the population explosions‚ Australia would have had a massive head start
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behind the inefficiency of Ernst & Young when filing personal tax returns. In addition to a process map indicating the process that the staff is required to go through and time each process takes‚ discussion on how such process can be reengineered will follow. Finally‚ under the assumption that the concurrent technological support is available‚ an analysis on the cost and benefits of new information technology will be provided. EVALUATION OF PROCESS Although Ernst &Young believes that extra checks
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