Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jered Diamond Chapter 14: From Egalitarianism to Kleptocracy The thesis of this Chapter from “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel” by Jered Diamond‚ describes the development of civilized mankind from the last Ice Age until modern times: the ways in which people evolved from small groups called “Bands‚” to the way almost all of us live today‚ which is in “States.” The topic is interesting but the author rambles his way through this evolution. I think that this chapter could be
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discussions about steel rolling mill machinery. This machine is used in factories for preparing metal sheets. Before moving ahead‚ you must know what metal is? Well metal is an electropositive element having shiny surface and is good conductors of heat and electricity and can be melted or fused into any shape you want by heating it on a high temperature. Metal sheets are made by passing the material between the rollers. It is used for different purposes such as nail making‚ metal or steel sheets. This
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Milo Fradianni Germs‚ Guns and Steel WHAP Gavigan Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond Prologue: Throughout the book; Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ Jared Diamond answers a very controversial question; why is it that European people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but the natives of New Guinea had little cargo of their own? Societies prosper depending on the abundance of natural resources which are at their disposal
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that produce their products‚ or subcontract their products out to secondary manufacturers. These facilities can be located either domestically or internationally‚ and both present a myriad of positives and negatives. Firms that produce domestically benefit from ease of monitoring‚ skilled workforce‚ government stability‚ job
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AGRUMENTATIVE ESSAY Does holding the Olympic Games have benefits for the host country？ In recent years‚ the Olympic Games have developed into one of the most significant mega-international sporting events (Roche，2000). More and more cities are bidding to host the Olympics and increasingly money are invested in Olympic bids‚ which is due to the reason that the government believe that they could get benefits from such an event
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1.many religion as islam or Christian does not permit us to do abortion (Our religion doesn’t permit us for that. And for the sake of argument that she wouldn’t forget her past if she has that baby well. After abortion what shall she do. Live in the dark and that rapist is looking for another victims. In my religion (Islam) abortion is forbidden. Lekin like Simi said I was exactly thinking of rape and stuff‚ what if the woman is like raped and got pregnant like that. However Islam says that a woman
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upon the word "Mercantilism". But what does mercantilism really mean? An example of mercantilism would be like this: A colony produces tobacco. The tobacco is then shipped back to the mother country and made into cigarettes. The mother country then SELLS the cigarettes back to the colony. Many countries in Europe‚ especially England and Spain‚ used this method to obtain gold and silver. But does mercantilism benefit the colony as much as it benefits the mother country? Mercantilism is unfair because
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What would benefit a nation most‚ a small or a large population? A larger population is not a curse to a nation. Yes‚ the number counts and a nation having a larger population is assured to succeed. A nation with a rapid increase of population‚ if well managed‚ is a very positive impact to sustainable and effective growth. What better strength can a nation have than a multitude of able-bodied residents‚ prepared to run its equipment‚ produce it harvests‚ educate its children‚ create its art and
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When a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and way of life dies out. Is it pointless to keep them alive? Agree or disagree. Looking at our history‚ it is not difficult to discover that when a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and ways of life are actually dying out in today’s society. However‚ not all countries are developed and therefore still using their traditional knowledge to survive. There is a possibility that it is pointless to keep them alive‚ this
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In this reading the three tools that stuck out to me were‚ “Switching tenses‚” “Inflexible insistence on the rules‚” and “Humiliation” (Heinrichs 180). In her essay‚ Toi Derricotte describes‚ what one can consider to be‚ a miserable childhood in which she received very little love from either of her parents. She describes not having much interaction with her mother‚ and longing for the approval from her father. It is in the relationship with her father that the reader can identify the three tools
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