The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is about how many different things contributed to the success of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author‚ Jared Diamond‚ in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond "Why white men developed so much cargo…" Diamond was determined to seek an answer to Yali’s question. Diamond surrounds his answer on how History followed different courses for different people because of differences among
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such as The Ferile Crescent of SW Asia‚ China in 7500‚ Mesoamérica in 3500‚ ect. These were explained to prove of how food production was ran and turning into more domesticates that gave them to compete against other cultures and turned to guns‚ germs and steel. Chapter 6: Diamond discusses why human agriculture was vital human societies. He explains how the decrease in hunting gathering made humans turn to more animal domestication‚ plant agriculture‚ ect. in around 8500 BC. This allowed easier
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I really liked the video and thought it was real interesting. I do pretty much agree to what I have heard so far. I agree that all the great civilizations had in common that they all had advanced technology‚ a large population‚ and an organized work for. I think the same applies kind of to big companies: The all have advanced technology‚ have a lot of workers‚ and have an organized work force. I already knew about crop domestication‚ but I can‚ again‚ make a connection of the proses to big companies
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In the book ‘’Guns‚ Germs and Steel’’ By Jared Diamond explores a brief history of the human world and how it has become what it is today. When Jared Diamond takes a visit to New Guinea‚ he is encountered by a local politician on the beach whose name is Yali‚ and as they walked and talked together‚ Yali asked a simple question “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?’’ .That question made Jared go on the
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Major Themes of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel As Jared Diamond examines the major factors of a great civilization after being posed by Yali’s question‚ he comes to an astounding realization. It is that Asians and Europeans came to be powerful not because they were smarter or better than other civilizations‚ but because they were luckier in terms of geography. Diamond focuses on the idea that the success of a society is not catalyzed by genetics or natural superiority‚ but instead by these two major
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel somewhat explains how the Europeans were able to conquer Africa and the Americas‚ but also leaves out some very important information. This Information includes things like political decisions‚ alliances‚ human decisiveness‚ and some information that flaws his theory of “Geographic Luck” (Guns Germs and Steel) . Essentially‚ Diamond’s theory basically claims that Europeans conquered based solely on geographic luck‚ and leaves out all other information that also impacted the
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel: The Ultimate Sociological Thesis or Blind Determinism? If there is anything certain about the current state and history of our species‚ it is that there are and always have been vast discrepancies in terms of wealth and advancement between the various civilizations that inhabit our planet. The underlying causes of these discrepancies have long been a matter of discussion. Arguments range from racial superiority to the existence of societal institutions to geographical determinism
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Time can provide connections and ideas of answers to complicated and intricate questions. In the book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ the author encounters a man named Yali while on a trip to new Guinea. Yali asks Diamond a question that is essentially about advantages and disadvantages between different civilizations. The author cannot provide a definite answer. Later in the book‚ Jared Diamond describes how Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ easily overcame the Incas using European
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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
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Book Review The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel features the work of the author Jared Diamond. In his book‚ he mentions his answer to how different human societies became so diverse. Diamond doesn’t use racist answers‚ he gives an answer based on the geographical location of these diverse societies. He explains many concepts on how the location of a society can make them more diverse and more powerful than other societies. He shares many examples in history to support his thesis
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