In Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond is the response to a question Diamond had been asked by a New Guinean politician‚ Yali‚ in 1972. The question was‚ “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people have little cargo of our own?” This refers to the inequality between many different civilizations‚ quite like how Europeans developed great objects and wealth that they used to dominate over other societies
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In the book ‘’Guns‚ Germs and Steel’’ By Jared Diamond explores a brief history of the human world and how it has become what it is today. When Jared Diamond takes a visit to New Guinea‚ he is encountered by a local politician on the beach whose name is Yali‚ and as they walked and talked together‚ Yali asked a simple question “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?’’ .That question made Jared go on the
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Major Themes of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel As Jared Diamond examines the major factors of a great civilization after being posed by Yali’s question‚ he comes to an astounding realization. It is that Asians and Europeans came to be powerful not because they were smarter or better than other civilizations‚ but because they were luckier in terms of geography. Diamond focuses on the idea that the success of a society is not catalyzed by genetics or natural superiority‚ but instead by these two major
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complicated and intricate questions. In the book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ the author encounters a man named Yali while on a trip to new Guinea. Yali asks Diamond a question that is essentially about advantages and disadvantages between different civilizations. The author cannot provide a definite answer. Later in the book‚ Jared Diamond describes how Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ easily overcame the Incas using European advantage. So‚ what is Yali’s question and how does the author
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Guns Germs and Steele Short Bio: Jared Diamond was born and grew up in Boston Massachusetts. He was born September 10‚ 1937. His father was a pediatrician that taught medical students. His father is best known for his exploration on blood diseases of children. Diamond’s mother was a pianist‚ teacher‚ and linguist. He got his love for science from his father‚ from his mother Diamond learned to love reading and writing. Diamond attended a small middle school/high school for 6 years. He expected to
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Prologue: Yali’s Question Jared Diamond has done extensive field work in New Guinea. His indigenous New 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 germs‚ steel‚ and food-producing capability? Diamond’s main thesis is that this occurred not because of racial differences in intelligence
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel answers the question about why human societies are so different from each other. He points out that although Africa seemed to have had a head start in developing their society‚ the continent of Eurasia had definite advantages. Eurasia’s advantages over many other continents included environmental factors as well as a location that had many more species of animals that could be domesticated‚ larger scale farming‚ and easier trade of goods
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Taylor Shockley Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel A. YORK Period 4 Research: Write a short biography of the author‚ include information about his areas of research‚ books written‚ and prizes awarded. Jared Diamond is a professor at the University of California He wanted wrote Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ which won the Britain’s 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize and Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote Collapse: How Societies choose to Fail or Succeed. Jared has been on 22 expeditions to New Guienea and islands
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel somewhat explains how the Europeans were able to conquer Africa and the Americas‚ but also leaves out some very important information. This Information includes things like political decisions‚ alliances‚ human decisiveness‚ and some information that flaws his theory of “Geographic Luck” (Guns Germs and Steel) . Essentially‚ Diamond’s theory basically claims that Europeans conquered based solely on geographic luck‚ and leaves out all other information that also impacted the
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I really liked the video and thought it was real interesting. I do pretty much agree to what I have heard so far. I agree that all the great civilizations had in common that they all had advanced technology‚ a large population‚ and an organized work for. I think the same applies kind of to big companies: The all have advanced technology‚ have a lot of workers‚ and have an organized work force. I already knew about crop domestication‚ but I can‚ again‚ make a connection of the proses to big companies
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