[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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Some call it “horror” and some call it “the super germ”‚ but now‚ our always known “regular” bacteria‚ those one-celled creatures once considered under control with antibiotics‚ have invaded our hospitals and headlines with a vengeance. The vengeance used against us is caused by an existing organism called necrotizing fasciitis‚ the so-called flesh-eating bacteria‚ caused by Group A streptococcus. What this organism does is progressively destroy the human body
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Essay Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is an amazing book. When I first looked at it I told myself I would never be able to read it because it was so big‚ but I knew I had to. By the title I thought it was going to be about the Civil War. When I began reading Yali’s question I realized that it was about early civilizations and their advancements. When I started reading the book it was very boring and I didn’t know how I was going to finish it. As I got to around page 75 I began to
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Chapter nine of Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies describes how many of the animals domesticated had certain qualities that made it possible for them to be domesticated. The chapter also goes into why Eurasia became more advanced than the rest of the world. Diamond explains that all of this is possible based on the Anna Karenina principle. The Anna Karenina principle is “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This means
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The Carnegie Museum of Art houses many fine art paintings that span throughout the centuries‚ including famous works by countless artists in different styles‚ from renaissance to contemporary. One famous work includes a piece by Vincent van Gogh’s Wheat Fields after the Rain (The Plain of Auvers)‚ painted in 1890 in Gallery 8‚ Scaife Galleries of the museum. It was acquired through the generosity of the Sarah Mellon Scaige Family‚ and its acquisition number is 68.18. The painting’s dimensions are
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have an organized work force. I already knew about crop domestication‚ but I can‚ again‚ make a connection of the proses to big companies. Crop goes in a cycle like this: There good crops and bad crops-people take the good crops-people grow new crops from the seeds of the good crops- better crops grow-etc. It is a little bit the same with companies: There are good employs and bad ones-the company fires the bad ones and leaves the new ones-better employs come in place of the bad ones- the employs make
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gain control and dominate the world is because of geographical determinism. Many people argue that it was by geographical luck that allowed Europe to become dominate and gain control of the world. Jared Diamond argues this thesis in his book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. Mr. Diamond argues that Europe was able to dominate because of where it was located. He says Europe gained control because of two causes. First‚ there was a surplus of agriculture available where Europeans had settled. It was also home
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Germ Theory The germ theory began in the late 1880s and began as the understanding that organisms beyond the view of man could exist. Bacteria were the first found microscopic items‚ and took a decade to prove. Job Lewis Smith‚ a pediatric doctor in the late nineteenth century began studying outbreaks of cholera. No other doctors were able to explain why the children were getting ill. He worked in the slums of New York and blamed the unsanitary conditions for many diseases. This was during a
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Harvesting Wheat From the ancient times‚ wheat has been the major crop that makes people survive. To this day‚ we still rely on wheat to fill our stomachs. When people think of the agriculture of California‚ they don’t have their first thought on wheat. However‚ wheat is grown throughout the whole state. California was once said of having the finest wheat in the nation‚ and we have the largest milling capacity of all states. With such a great weather fertile land and a huge landmass‚ California
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Instructor: Judith L. Tucker‚ M.S Class: Crim 174 In this video‚ Guns‚ germs‚ and steel are a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. His purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Why Europeans were the ones to conquer the world? As Diamond states that questions asked based on guns‚ germs‚ and steel are the biggest‚ most fascinating
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