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    YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was a guide in Papua - New Guinea that Dr. Diamond met‚ once asked him‚ “Why is

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    Jared DiamondJared Diamond was a professor at UCLA in Los Angeles. He was a biologist by training‚ and a specialist in human physiology. But his real passion has always been the study of birds. He began watching the birds when he was about seven years old in the United States. He arrived in New Guinea at the age of 26 and he felt that it was love at first sight. Diamond started to make regular trips to New Guinea and ever since‚ he decides to be the leading expert on the bird life of the island

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    August 28th‚ 2013 YooSeob Jung Jared Diamond Essay 730 words In the modern time period lifestyle in which we live in now‚ it is a very common belief that agriculture was one of the greatest turning points in history. It had made our life much more convenient. Producing food wasn’t such a big issue anymore. To some‚ the change from hunter-gatherers to farmers is referred to as the most enlightening gift ever given to the human race. As though all these people consider it as a positive‚ some

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    According to Jared Diamondwhat are the “roots of inequality” and what role has these played in the division of the world into ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’? Explain. 1. I believe that the root of inequality is the location. In certain parts of the world some societies live in places that have a vast amount of resources to live from‚ whereas other areas societies are forced to live in areas where the land lacks the amount of food needed to provide for the community. When the community puts all its time

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    Jared Diamond Essay/Notes –Pizarro and the Inca emperor‚ Atahualpa The European nation relationships first encounter was between the Inca emperor‚ Atahualpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Francisco Pizarro had come with an army of 108 men‚ against Atahualpa’s army of 80‚000. Francisco Pizarro believed in the same similar concepts to manifest destiny. He (and his army) massacred many‚ by tricking the emperor to come unarmed. Furthermore he confused the Indians with loud noises

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    thirty years ago‚ Jared Diamond embarked on a worldwide quest to understand the roots of global inequality. This inequality lies in the question of - Why were Europeans the ones to conquer the most amount of land around the world? The answer‚ according to Jared Diamond‚ is guns‚ germs‚ steel‚ and geographical luck. Geographical luck is what stemmed and brought up a vast majority of the Europeans luck in acquiring such great land masses over the years. It mostly started in what can be described as

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    Jared Diamond is a biologist whose area of expertise is birds. His studies took him to Papua New Guinea‚ where he utilized his skills to study all of the bird species inhabiting the island. One day‚ a PNG inhabitant‚ Yali‚ came up and asked Diamond a question: “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?” Diamond argues that the answer to Yali’s question wasn’t racial inequality like so many people assume it is. Diamond began his research

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    Jared Diamond explains why geographic luck is the leading cause to an unequal world which gave certain countries advantages and other’s disadvantages. Have you ever wondered why some parts of the world are much more developed than others? Well‚ to find the answer‚ we’ll have to trace this question all the way back to ancient times. Jared Diamond explains that the reason for this revolves around geographic luck‚ to be more specific; the shapes of the continents‚ steel‚ horses and writing are primary

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    ‘’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 journey of his

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    What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? by Jared Diamond |The New York Review of Books. I find the topic extremely fascinating: why do some nations prosper‚ and improve the life of their citizens‚ and others fail? Why do some nations have better education‚ while others are still in endless search of their identity? Some people in modern political economy say that countries succeed because of their natural resources and their control over others. This article brings us to take a closer look

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