Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond
Papula, New Guinea
- What separates the haves from the have nots?
- Why do white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?
- 1st explorers thought white men had more power than them because they brought new goods to their country
- White men thought they were better than New Guineans
Why since ancient times have some societies progressed
faster than others:
1. Advanced technology
2. Large populations
3. well-organized workforce
Important food source – sego
Sego can’t be stored for long periods of time, also low
on protein
Barley and wheat – Middle East
1st permanent settlement – Draa
11,500 years ago
Plant cultivation – domestication began
China grew rice, farming emerged in Americas – corn,
squash, beans
Africa – sorghum, millet, yams
Geographic luck
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