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    futuristic technological era‚ others are still in modern Stone Age? How did such differences in evolution occur when we all emerged from the same place? These are just some of the riveting questions Jared Diamond attempts to answer in his book‚ GunsGerms‚ and Steel. This Pulitzer Prize winning document is different from the rest as it explores several worldly themes and factors to support his thesis‚ such as racism‚ conflict‚ technology‚ and political and social structures. Diamond’s book is a monumental

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    Ryan Maierle/Global 2H/GunsGerms and Steel What is “Yali’s question”? “Yali’s question” is “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?” (Diamond 14). By “cargo‚” Yali is referring to wealth and technology‚ which leads to power and dominance. Essentially‚ Yali wants to know why was there is such a disparity between the lifestyle of the average New Guinean versus the average European or American? In other

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    men with guns around the square. Pizarro presented to the king with a Bible and a message. He was unable to read the language because it was in Spanish. The Spaniards attacked him‚ and killed him because they were offended. Jared Diamond does a great job explaining this chapter. Chapter 4 In this section of GunsGerms‚ and Steel‚ Diamond portal’s the food production was the root because of beneath the ability of the Eurasia people. This information helped develop gunsgerms‚ and steel. This helped

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    GunsGerms‚ and Steel Assignment From the beginning‚ the Europeans had an advantage over the Native Americans. They had the horses and the guns. Guns played a major role in the success of the Europeans. Guns not only aided in overthrowing the Native Americans‚ but also aided in keeping the Europeans alive by allowing them to hunt and gather food. Horses also played a huge role. They made battle and travel easier. Over time‚ the use of animals began advancing. Animals provided warmth and tools

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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 GunsGerms‚ 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 to

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    In the book "GunsGerms‚ and Steel‚" Jared Diamond attempts to describe the history of mankind for the past 13‚000 years. In chapter 3‚ of this book‚ Diamond discusses the conquest of the New World by the Spanish. He goes into specific details of how Pizarro captures Atahuallpa‚ holds him hostage for 8 months and then‚ after receiving the ransom‚ from the Incas‚ had him executed. One of the questions that Diamond addresses is why the Spanish were successful in conquering the Incas‚ instead of

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    Jared Diamond‚ the author of GunsGerms and Steel provides an overview of life before we knew it. Many people including Yali‚ a local politician in New Guinea‚ had the idea that cultural differences were based on the color of people‚ instead of the environment they were from. Jared Diamond didn’t feel that way and he tried to prove that history was made based on the environment that you lived in. Diamond believed that the differences were divided between the Modern Stone Age versus the Industrial

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    GunsGerms and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies written by Jared Diamond travels through the different aspects of human societies starting from modern human’s pre-Homo ancestors comparing the different variations that have occurred throughout time‚ ending at the modern Homo sapiens in the world today. The focus of this book is why some societies strive while other fail. Diamond looked at the different advantages and disadvantages of the areas these societies lived in and in his own words deriving

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    Jared Diamond’s book GunsGerms‚ and Steel discusses the topic of the ancient and current civilizations with an eye-opening argument. Diamond’s main argument is that civilizations developed based on the environment and not because of individual humans. In this book he summarized a history of the last 13‚000 years in civilization. Although his points were scattered he makes it clear that he believes strongly in environmental determinism‚ which is the belief that physical environment predisposes human

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    GunsGerms‚ And Steel Author: Jared Diamond 1. Write a short half a page biography of the author; include information about his areas of research‚ books written‚ and prizes awarded. Jared Mason Diamond was born on 10 September 1937 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He earned an A.B degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a Ph.D. in physiology from Cambridge University in 1961. Diamond was a Junior Fellow at Harvard from 1962 to 1966‚ at which point he became a professor of physiology at the UCLA

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