and that of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope‚ are the two greatest events recorded in the history of [human] kind” —Adam Smith‚ in The Wealth of Nations When it comes to the Europeans conquering the Americas‚ Professor Jared Diamond‚ of UCLA‚ has come up with the theory that what separated the winners from the losers‚ was not luck‚ strength‚ or numbers‚ but the lay of the land. It was the geographic locations where the diverse cultures chose to stay that determined
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After that‚ changing over to agriculture as a subsistence strategy has dramatically effected a society with deep class divisions. Jared Diamond described that from Greek tombs at Mycenae c age‚ the skeletons around 1500 B.C. shows royals had a better diet than commoners because the royal skeletons taller with had better teeth. (Diamond‚ P3) He stated that agriculture was bad for health
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The Mayans and Easter Islanders had common collapses in their societies. One of their downfalls was that they both erected large statues and other unnecessary monuments to show dominance over other kings in the surrounding area. This hurt the civilizations because they occupied land that could have otherwise been used for farming. Also‚ since everything was done on human power alone‚ they used more energy and later consumed more food than usual. Another one of their problems were that neither
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having a dislike for India. When asked‚ the sergeant tells the monkey’s paw. They all listened intently‚ and Mr. White and Herbert‚ his son‚ were skeptical. “His manners were so impressive that his hearers were conscious that their light laughter jared somewhat‚” (Jacobs‚ 2).
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Cited: Diamond‚ Jared. The Third Chimpanzee. Harper‚ 1992. Print.
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other words‚ the cat would have little to no time to rotate its body so that it can land on its feet and evenly distribute the impact force among its four paws‚ resulting in lesser injury. Also‚ in the article Why Cats Have Nine Lives‚ the author Jared Diamond mentions‚ “Cats’ lower ratio of mass to area also means that they reach a terminal velocity of a mere 60 mph within five stories of a free fall‚ compared with our terminal velocity of 120 mph”. In addition‚ having a relatively small body mass
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Jared Diamond and Max Weber both are trying to answer the same question. How did the west become so dominate? Even though they both ask the same question they have very different theories as to how this came about. Weber has a very straight forward religious/cultural view on his theory whereas; diamond believes it all started with geography which lead to economic development. Weber’s argument is that capitalism flourished when the protestant (particularly Calvinism) ethic encouraged large numbers
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What kind of book is this? List three evidences of this. I would say that this book falls under the category of being a romantic fiction novel. This isn’t a true story and it also is about a two people falling in and out of love and making big decisions so that’s why I would say it is a romantic fiction novel. “Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She’d believed in it once‚ too‚ back when she was eighteen.” pg 55. “By the time summer ended‚ he knew he was in love‚ and when
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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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Jared Vance 9/27/11 English Ms. Hasse Friends have come and gone‚ but one of the few that has stayed my friend is Clark Blatter. He is my brother in all but blood. That’s how close of a friendship we have. Clark and I like to play volleyball‚ we stick together in just about everything we do‚ and he and I share some exciting experiences together. Clark is a sophomore at Clayton Valley High School. Clark plays a variety of sports including volleyball and water polo. He is about 6’ and
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