It was a cold and chilly afternoon on July 17‚ 2015‚ when twelve year old Jared Guese encountered a black bear and its two cubs. Leading up to this event‚ his parents had planned a trip to Sequoia National Park during summer break. Mainly so they could do something besides sit around in their house all day. Jared was not that excited to be going‚ but he smiled and gave a sarcastic‚ “Sounds fun!” The car trip there was around four hours long and was very tedious. Once the family arrived at the campsite
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one of the more 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
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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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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 and warfare.
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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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In PBS’s episode one entitled Out of Eden of the series Gun’s Germs‚ and Steel‚ Professor Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question of “why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little.” (Cassian Harrison‚ 2005) Professor Diamond’s begins his research by diving into history from 13‚000 years ago‚ pre-dating civilizations‚ during a time period equivalent to New Guinea’s present day. Professor Diamond noted that “because hunting is so unpredictable‚ traditional societies
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Likewise Jared Diamond‚ an American scientist and best known for his investigations of why cultures prosper or decline‚ explain that environmental changes are not the only factor that have to considerate when it comes about the failure of societies. He shows a five-point framework that has to be taken seriously when analyzing any kind any kind of societies inside the human civilization. Certainly‚ in His five point framework Jared Diamond do not deny that environmental
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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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Jared Diamond is… interesting. The argument that Jared Diamond makes in his article‚ “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”‚ is completely refutable. There is very little evidence in the article that makes sense‚ and most of it appears to be that Diamond just has a grudge against the laziness of the modern world. This is where Diamond and I agree. The modern world is incredibly lazy. We now live in a world where fast food is a food group‚ and technology is being used incorrectly‚ resulting
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The Overall Theme of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond The overall theme of Diamond’s novel has to do with the progression of the human race in different areas of the world. He said that the development of different people was not based off of genetic composition but their location on the earth. Diamond gives many examples to back up his claim. Diamond uses many different examples from different time periods and different areas of the world. He starts at around 11‚000 BCE with the earliest
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