Guns‚ Germs‚ 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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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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Chapter 10: In the Fertile Crescent‚ plants and animals spread quickly into Europe and North Africa. Innovations such as written language and wheels spread similarity quickly as well. People used domesticated crops rather than those that grew naturally. This shows that people easily adapted the Fertile Crescent’s food production. Chapter 10: Eurasia has covered the largest East to West area of any continent. Diamond believes that this is yet another r advantage for Eurasia. Eurasia had “amber
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This chapter opens up with the mysterious Phaistos disk that was found by archaeologists on the island of Crete in 1908 and its interesting technological aspects. Many inventions were made not for need but for mere curiosity and hobby. Diamond makes two main conclusions about technology is that it develops cumulatively and that most technology seems to have been invented for curiosity‚ therefore its uses are developed after it is made. To determine if an invention will be accepted there are four
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This book is inspired by just such a cross-cultural encounter as that between Kamal the border raider and the Colonel’s son of the Guides. In the first chapter the author recounts a conversation that he‚ a biologist studying bird evolution‚ had in New Guinea in 1972 with Yali‚ a local politician preparing his people for self-government‚ which culminated in the searching question ‘Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo [goods] and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had
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Reflection on Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond: A Genius or a Nut Case? My Review of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel It was the prehistory of the world that drew attention to Diamond’s brain that gave him the wonderful thought of writing this book about how our world is today‚ with the differences of culture‚ cargo‚ religions‚ skin color‚ etc. One simple question his friend Yali asked‚ “Why is it that you white people develop so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little
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[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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Book Review Katrina Yurkiw Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond W. W. Norton and Company April 1st‚ 1999 480 Pages ISBN: 0393317552 Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. Diamond’s purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Diamond’s aim is to answer Yali’s question: Why is that white people
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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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I first read Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel in the Fall 2003 based on a recommendation from a friend. Many chapters of the book are truly fascinating‚ but I had criticisms of the book back then and hold even more now. Chief among these is the preponderance of analysis devoted to Papua New Guinea‚ as opposed to‚ say‚ an explanation of the greatly disparate levels of wealth and development among Eurasian nations. I will therefore attempt to confine this review on the "meat and potatoes"
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