Jared Diamond’s article‚ “The Arrow of Disease” explains how the Native Americans living in the New World became victimized by germs from the Europeans.The main argument or question that is‚ is why didn’t the New World Indian’s germs pass on to the Spanish invaders as they crossed the Atlantic back to Europe. In this article‚ Jared supports the claim that the Europeans have been already immune to the viruses and diseases. He takes it all the way back when Europeans had the plague outbreak‚ measles
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“The Worst Mistake in the History of human race” by Jared Diamond – Notes Agriculture isn’t a progress in history as it has created more problems for humanity compared to what it has served. Historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of orthodox views on evidence‚ motivations‚ and decision-making processes surrounding a historical event. Neo-Luddite is used to describe those who are considered to be anti-technology‚ or those who dislike or have a difficult time understanding and using modern
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the more unique ones is from Jared Diamond. He created the book “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” which was later turned into a TV miniseries. In it‚ Diamond travels around the world looking for an answer to a question that was asked by a New Guinean. Eventually‚ he turned to history. He looked at different societies and analyzed what caused them to be the way they were. Finally‚ he found an answer; geographic luck. In Episode 1 and 2 of “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” Jared Diamond addresses an important question
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Jared Diamond makes a compelling case for why “the adoption of agriculture was in many ways a catastrophe” in his 1987 Discover Magazine article “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race‚” however I am not convinced. An Agricultural Revolution is a “significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries‚ inventions‚ or new technologies that change production” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2015) and the development of agriculture has been a fundamental part of
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GUNS‚ GERMS‚ AND MCNEILL Noah Neerdaels Mr. Kelly AP World History November 24‚ 2014 Jared Diamond’s bestseller Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel has gathered lots of praise and popularity‚ but also has garnered lots of controversy and speculation. Diamond writes of how Europe came to dominate the world in expansion and conquest‚ while attempting to find the ultimate factors that caused their success. There are many historians who dispute his theory on
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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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Through careful sociological studies‚ one can see that the impact of agriculture is beneficial to life. In the article “The Worst Mistake of the Human Race” by Jared Diamond‚ he argues that agriculture “was in many ways a catastrophe” and “with agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality‚ the disease and despotism‚ that curse our existence.” Although this may be somewhat true‚ many would disagree. Agriculture doesn’t lead to inequality nor diseases. The differences between humans lead
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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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Jared Diamond is… interesting. The argument that Jared Diamond makes in his article‚ “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”‚ is completely refutable. There is very little evidence in the article that makes sense‚ and most of it appears to be that Diamond just has a grudge against the laziness of the modern world. This is where Diamond and I agree. The modern world is incredibly lazy. We now live in a world where fast food is a food group‚ and technology is being used incorrectly‚ resulting
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