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    It is interesting to note that many advanced societies and civilization fell. Why is that? Jared Diamond believes that environmental degradation is the reason for past flourishing societies to collapse. He defines the term collapse as: “A drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity‚ over a considerable area‚ for an extended time” (p. 348). In essence‚ Diamond believes that the trouble we are having in society now‚ leads back to environmental deterioration

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    In Jared Diamonds book Collapse‚ he talks about different issues that can hurt the environment. These issues varied from environmental damage‚ climate change‚ hostile neighbors‚ and friendly trade partners‚ but most importantly is how society responds to the problem. Today a major problem that our society is facing is Electronic Waste. With technology becoming more advanced each year the demand for new products is increasing. Though this might seem good for the people‚ it actually is hurting are

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    YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was a guide in Papua - New Guinea that Dr. Diamond met‚ once asked him‚ “Why is

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    Jared DiamondJared Diamond was a professor at UCLA in Los Angeles. He was a biologist by training‚ and a specialist in human physiology. But his real passion has always been the study of birds. He began watching the birds when he was about seven years old in the United States. He arrived in New Guinea at the age of 26 and he felt that it was love at first sight. Diamond started to make regular trips to New Guinea and ever since‚ he decides to be the leading expert on the bird life of the island

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    societies collapse? An Analysis of the Rapa Nui civilization in the Easter Islands "I have often asked myself‚ ’What did the Eastern Islander cut down the last palm tree say while he was going it?’ "(Diamond‚ p.114). The collapse of societies are a very deep and complicated problem that have been taking place in so many political‚ environmental and archeological investigations during the last few decades and showed so many results and theories about their original cause of collapse. In human

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    August 28th‚ 2013 YooSeob Jung Jared Diamond Essay 730 words In the modern time period lifestyle in which we live in now‚ it is a very common belief that agriculture was one of the greatest turning points in history. It had made our life much more convenient. Producing food wasn’t such a big issue anymore. To some‚ the change from hunter-gatherers to farmers is referred to as the most enlightening gift ever given to the human race. As though all these people consider it as a positive‚ some

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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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    First Book Critique: Collapse by Jared Diamond Collapse‚ written by Jared Diamond‚ shows how environmental problems in today are connected with many of the same environmental reasons of collapse in ancient civilizations. Diamond wrote this book to show that if people don’t take care of the land while there is time‚ the whole world could end up collapsing just like many other ancient civilizations. Instead of starting in the past‚ Diamond goes to the present time to show people that there are

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    Inspired by a question that put him on the island of Papua New Guinea more than thirty years ago‚ Jared Diamond embarked on a worldwide quest to understand the roots of global inequality. This inequality lies in the question of - Why were Europeans the ones to conquer the most amount of land around the world? The answer‚ according to Jared Diamond‚ is guns‚ germs‚ steel‚ and geographical luck. Geographical luck is what stemmed and brought up a vast majority of the Europeans luck in acquiring such

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    Jared Diamond Essay/Notes –Pizarro and the Inca emperor‚ Atahualpa The European nation relationships first encounter was between the Inca emperor‚ Atahualpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Francisco Pizarro had come with an army of 108 men‚ against Atahualpa’s army of 80‚000. Francisco Pizarro believed in the same similar concepts to manifest destiny. He (and his army) massacred many‚ by tricking the emperor to come unarmed. Furthermore he confused the Indians with loud noises

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