Diamonds Thesis for Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond is on a mission to prove his thesis‚ "History followed different courses for different people because of differences among peoples’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves"(Pg 25). He writes many chapters filled with intriguing reasons to prove his thesis. It takes a lot of facts and countless arguments to prove something everyone thinks is true‚ wrong‚ and after reading the book‚ I think Jared completed
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In the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies‚ author Jared Diamond offers many different scientific‚ as well as historic‚ reasons for why the events of history unfolded the way they did‚ mainly the question of was there anything specific that lead to Europe becoming the dominate power in the world? Like much of history‚ there is no specific causation that led to European dominance over‚ initially‚ the Americas‚ and then later Africa‚ Australia‚ and parts
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GUNS‚ GERMS‚ AND MCNEILL Noah Neerdaels Mr. Kelly AP World History November 24‚ 2014 Jared Diamond’s bestseller Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel has gathered lots of praise and popularity‚ but also has garnered lots of controversy and speculation. Diamond writes of how Europe came to dominate the world in expansion and conquest‚ while attempting to find the ultimate factors that caused their success. There are many historians who dispute his theory on
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Today’s Inequality Jared Diamond gets asked an important question “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little”. To Diamond‚ the question seemed obvious‚ yet he didn’t have an answer. That’s why in “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 1” Jared Diamond discusses the problem of why some countries have so much while others rarely enough to survive. Also how those rich countries start developing and inventing new technology to help them thrive. At first‚ during the age of the
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In the book entitled Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ author Jared Diamond centers his argument around the idea that “societies developed differently on different continents because of different continental environments” (Diamond‚ 9). Dissimilar to the prevailing belief that genetics play a role in determining societal development‚ Diamond argues that geographic factors and environmental influences substantially shape the distribution of wealth and power. J.R. McNeill’s article‚ “The World According to Diamond”
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unique ones is from Jared Diamond. He created the book “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” which was later turned into a TV miniseries. In it‚ Diamond travels around the world looking for an answer to a question that was asked by a New Guinean. Eventually‚ he turned to history. He looked at different societies and analyzed what caused them to be the way they were. Finally‚ he found an answer; geographic luck. In Episode 1 and 2 of “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” Jared Diamond addresses an important question that has
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history to explain how Africans came to be in current economic status. At the heart of this African story lies the story of European occupation and subsequent colonization of Africa. To weave his story together‚ Diamond explains how through guns‚ germs and steel‚ the Europeans exercised an advantage over the Africans. However‚ Diamond makes it clear that it is Geography‚ rather than above factors‚ that has in history played a greater role in influencing the European and African economic and technological
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themselves and not let anyone or anything take it away from them. As I said power is received by being on top and in charge‚ but it is also received through conquest. Conquest can make someone feel powerful and cause them to be in control. In Guns‚ Germs and Steel Diamond says‚ “The Cherokee confederacy was thus formed not by conquest but by the amalgamation of previously jealous smaller entities‚ which merged only when threatened with destruction by powerful external forces”(Diamond 289-290). The Cherokee
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In the book Gun‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ Diamond talks about this centralized political structure. An argument he makes is that Europeans developed a political structure due to their use of domesticated animals and agriculture‚ which led to innovations in literature
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. AP WORLD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE: Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Buy and read the assigned chapters ofthe book. o Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback) o Author: Jared Diamond‚ Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (April 1999) o o . . ISBN:03933L7552 . . o Bulleted answers to these questions are due the first day of school‚ worth 50 points Answers MUST BE HANDWRITTEN! Study guides thatwere copied will receive a ZERO! The following strategy is suggested for completing
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