Diseases Diamond makes various arguments about diseases. The argument he makes that I will mention is that deadly disease came from Europe and spread to other places killing people that were unfamiliar with the disease. This is a good point that he makes‚ and the example he uses helps support his argument. His example is that smallpox came to the Aztecs from Europe. This disease killed a lot of Aztecs because they were unfamiliar with the disease‚ and because of that they couldn’t cure themselves
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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” correctly identifies the
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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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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 have usually
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Why do societies collapse? An Analysis of the Rapa Nui civilization in the Easter Islands "I have often asked myself‚ ’What did the Eastern Islander cut down the last palm tree say while he was going it?’ "(Diamond‚ p.114). The collapse of societies are a very deep and complicated problem that have been taking place in so many political‚ environmental and archeological investigations during the last few decades and showed so many results and theories about their original cause of collapse.
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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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population‚ economics‚ resources‚ and many others. In the book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ the civilization of Eurasia is examined in detail in order to reveal why Eurasia was ultimately successful. Diamond argues that Eurasia was successful because of their agriculture‚ geography‚ and their immunity to germs‚ which I agree with. Diamond talks about how agriculture played a role in the success of Eurasia. Diamond says that Eurasia already had an advantage in agriculture because of their geography
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but the things that kept these people going in the midst of the good times and the bad times were the aspect of a better future. The book‚ Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed‚ by Jared Diamond focuses on how the practices that humans are employing in today’s society will affect the future. Diamond analyzes if there will be a future in a world where all we are doing is breaking the earth down. It can be recognized that the communities of the world will have to start recognizing problems
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thought that perhaps‚ the only colour in real life is white? White light is indeed the bearer of all colours. The colours we see are reflections bouncing off an object or are the light source itself. The light sources change and the colours with them. Colour is not a stable affair. Colour is light alone‚ but our experience is so direct that we trust our eye and believe that a colour is inherent to an object. Imagine living in a world where everything is white in colour! However‚ the world we live
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Colours for living and learning The Universe is a magnetic field of positive and negative charges‚ constantly vibrating and producing electro-magnetic waves. Each of these has a different wavelength and speed of vibration; together they form the electro-magnetic sphere. White light when seen through a prism or water vapour splits into the colours of the spectrum. Of all the electro-magnetic sphere it alone can be seen. Radio waves‚ infra-red waves‚ ultra-violet waves‚ x-rays and gamma waves can
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