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    professor. This sparked Jared Diamond to answer this question by turning back the clocks of time to an era where everyone lived the same. This is the beginnings of Diamond’s ground breaking and heartwarming three- part documentary called “GunsGerms‚ and Steel.” This documentary goes deep into history and answers the main question of‚ “How did our worlds become so different?” Jared Diamond takes on the challenge most philosophers wouldn’t dare try of dividing the haves and have-nots of

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    GunsGerms‚ 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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    Diamond wrote this book because he wanted to explore and acquire knowledge about a question that have puzzled people for thousands of years living them to give different opinion about what might be the possible answer to the question. GunsGerms‚ And Steel is a historical analysis about anthropology & archaeology that opens with a prologue in which the author presents a question from a New Guinean politician and friend named Yali: why were Europeans able to conquer so many other societies around

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    Guinean politician friend Yali asked why whites had been so successful and arrived with so much "cargo" compared to the locals.  Diamond rephrases this question: why did white Eurasians dominate over other cultures by means of superior guns‚ population-destroying germssteel‚ and food-producing capability?  Diamond’s main thesis is that this occurred not because of racial differences in intelligence‚ etc. but rather because of environmental differences.  He wishes to play down Eurocentric thinking and

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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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    they must rely on agriculture. As agriculture develops‚ so does the society in a number of ways. Agriculture sparks the development of and speed of the evolution of germs‚ writing‚ technology‚ and government in early societies. Domestication and raising of livestock exposes humans to animal diseases and increases the spread of lethal germs and diseases. Domestication of animals for certain traits can cause rare diseases to come into play. When raising livestock people interact with animals more than

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    Inequality in the development of civilizations has long been a mystery. That is‚ until the book GunsGerms‚ and Steel came out in 1997. This book revealed how geography determined that Europe was fortunate in agriculture‚ domesticated animals‚ germs and Papua New Guinea and Inca were not. Climate is determined by the latitude and longitude of a location. The latitude and longitude of Papua New Guinea causes it to have a hot tropical climate year-round and one of the only things they can grow is

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    GunsGerms‚ 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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    GunsGerms‚ and Steel Europe’s geographic position was a key influence on its development. Not only was Europe close to the Fertile Crescent‚ but it also it contained climates and habitats that animals and crops could adapt to. In the 16th century‚ livestock animals that came from the Fertile Crescent dominated European farms. These animals included the cow‚ sheep‚ goat‚ horse‚ and many others. They served as a source of meat‚ milk‚ wool‚ manure‚ and muscle power. They transformed the productivity

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    GunsGerms‚ 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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