Guns Germs And Steel Chapter Summary
Inequality in the development of civilizations has long been a mystery. That is, until the book Guns, Germs, and Steel came out in 1997. This book revealed how geography determined that Europe was fortunate in agriculture, domesticated animals, germs and Papua New Guinea and Inca were not.
Climate is determined by the latitude and longitude of a location. The latitude and longitude of Papua New Guinea causes it to have a hot tropical climate year-round and one of the only things they can grow is sago.This particular food is extracted from a tree. New Guineans have to peel back the bark and beat the middle contents of the tree into a pulp. After this, they can make a dough with the pulp and dry it in the sun. By the end of this time and energy …show more content…
On top of that it provides few calories, it also provides little protein and cannot be stored for long periods of time. In the Fertile Crescent they grow wheat, which is easy to both harvest and prepare. Unlike sago, it provides quite a bit of protein and can be stored for long amounts of time. But what is available to both of these civilizations is beyond their control and again, things were in the Europeans favor. Some animals can only live in a certain climate, therefore many places don’t have practical working animals to help them harvest food and spare them the extra work. But it’s not just working animals. For example, sheep, which are often kept for wool, can’t be found in warm climates such as Papua New Guinea because it doesn’t need to grow wool to stay warm. Domesticating animals is difficult because of the specific criteria the animal has to fit. They can’t be vicious and have to be pretty large with some muscle power. Nevertheless, it’s preferable that they’re herbivores. Any meat that people gather they’re going to want to keep and eat themselves for protein, they aren’t going to want to feed it to their animal. Also, their animals won’t eat them if it gets hungry. Another factor is that they be able to
Climate is determined by the latitude and longitude of a location. The latitude and longitude of Papua New Guinea causes it to have a hot tropical climate year-round and one of the only things they can grow is sago.This particular food is extracted from a tree. New Guineans have to peel back the bark and beat the middle contents of the tree into a pulp. After this, they can make a dough with the pulp and dry it in the sun. By the end of this time and energy …show more content…
On top of that it provides few calories, it also provides little protein and cannot be stored for long periods of time. In the Fertile Crescent they grow wheat, which is easy to both harvest and prepare. Unlike sago, it provides quite a bit of protein and can be stored for long amounts of time. But what is available to both of these civilizations is beyond their control and again, things were in the Europeans favor. Some animals can only live in a certain climate, therefore many places don’t have practical working animals to help them harvest food and spare them the extra work. But it’s not just working animals. For example, sheep, which are often kept for wool, can’t be found in warm climates such as Papua New Guinea because it doesn’t need to grow wool to stay warm. Domesticating animals is difficult because of the specific criteria the animal has to fit. They can’t be vicious and have to be pretty large with some muscle power. Nevertheless, it’s preferable that they’re herbivores. Any meat that people gather they’re going to want to keep and eat themselves for protein, they aren’t going to want to feed it to their animal. Also, their animals won’t eat them if it gets hungry. Another factor is that they be able to