Guns Germs And Steel Summary
Taylor Roblow – 5th
Chapter 1
Jared Diamond discusses how the ancestors of humans began to develop many years ago. Human ancestors began walking straight up around 4 million years ago. Archaeologists called this period of new technology and inventions the Great Leap Forward. After the Great Leap Forward, the human race started to expand its territory. Many humans stayed in Africa and Eurasia for many years.
The approximate dates for human arrival in the Americas happened at least 12,000 years ago. Diamond considers the fates of human societies because the areas were populated with hunters and gathers. Around 11,000 B.C. Africa had been populated for the longest time, which allowed people to develop the knowledge of land and development overall.
Chapter 2 Jared Diamond tries to defend his theory of the environmental factors. Diamond discusses Polynesia and how it is made up of many islands and provides the best examples of societies that develop into isolation. Soon after Maori warriors sailed to the …show more content…
Francisco Pizarro and 168 soldiers captured King Atahuallpa, and he was supported by an army of around 80,000 men. Pizarro stationed groups of men with guns around the square. Pizarro presented to the king with a Bible and a message. He was unable to read the language because it was in Spanish. The Spaniards attacked him, and killed him because they were offended. Jared Diamond does a great job explaining this chapter.
Chapter 4 In this section of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond portal’s the food production was the root because of beneath the ability of the Eurasia people. This information helped develop guns, germs, and steel. This helped them conquer the rest of the world. Jared Diamond discusses how the food production came to this. The greater the population the more food can be produced. The more food you have for the people the longer they will live.
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Chapter 1
Jared Diamond discusses how the ancestors of humans began to develop many years ago. Human ancestors began walking straight up around 4 million years ago. Archaeologists called this period of new technology and inventions the Great Leap Forward. After the Great Leap Forward, the human race started to expand its territory. Many humans stayed in Africa and Eurasia for many years.
The approximate dates for human arrival in the Americas happened at least 12,000 years ago. Diamond considers the fates of human societies because the areas were populated with hunters and gathers. Around 11,000 B.C. Africa had been populated for the longest time, which allowed people to develop the knowledge of land and development overall.
Chapter 2 Jared Diamond tries to defend his theory of the environmental factors. Diamond discusses Polynesia and how it is made up of many islands and provides the best examples of societies that develop into isolation. Soon after Maori warriors sailed to the …show more content…
Francisco Pizarro and 168 soldiers captured King Atahuallpa, and he was supported by an army of around 80,000 men. Pizarro stationed groups of men with guns around the square. Pizarro presented to the king with a Bible and a message. He was unable to read the language because it was in Spanish. The Spaniards attacked him, and killed him because they were offended. Jared Diamond does a great job explaining this chapter.
Chapter 4 In this section of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond portal’s the food production was the root because of beneath the ability of the Eurasia people. This information helped develop guns, germs, and steel. This helped them conquer the rest of the world. Jared Diamond discusses how the food production came to this. The greater the population the more food can be produced. The more food you have for the people the longer they will live.
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