Guns Germs And Steel Essay Examples

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The Background of the American-Spanish War (622 words, 1 pages)

To borrow lines from a wonderfully descriptive account of formulaic history, the Spanish conquest of the Central and South Americas came down to guns, germs, and steel. The Spanish came to the Americas seeking gold. Cortez, landing in Mexico, was indeed initially appeased with gifts of gold by the numerous ... Read More

An Analysis of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (522 words, 1 pages)

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond has a clear focus, seeking and convincingly providing the answer to the question "why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents?" In other words, why did Columbus discover America and Pizarro conquer the Incas rather than the Inca "discovering" ... Read More

The Importance of Food Production, Diet, and Domestication of Mammals in Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel (522 words, 1 pages)

An Analysis of the Importance of Epidemic Diseases in Both Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond and the Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark (814 words, 2 pages)

Both Guns, Germs, and Steel written by Jared Diamond and The Rise of Christianity written by Rodney Stark stress the importance of epidemic diseases to explain social change. Stark and Diamond explain the importance of epidemics and diseases in their own way. Stark concentrates on the expansion of Christianity and ... Read More

“Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond: A Comparison of the Rates of Development of Europe and New Guinea (1996 words, 3 pages)

Throughout history, rates at which civilization developed varied greatly from continent to continent. This variance in development can be seen today in almost any country of the world. Take for example, the comparison of the United States (a world super-power), to any less developed, third-world country. Clearly, no third-world country ... Read More

A Summary of All the Chapters from Guns, Germs and Steel (2140 words, 4 pages)

GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL SUMMARY PROLOGUE YALI'S QUESTION. Throughout history, different regional groups of peoples have developed different technologies at different speeds from one another. Historians have long sought answers as to what social and environmental factors could lead to such a disparate rate of advancement. The most prominent example ... Read More

A Review of the Book Guns, Germs and Steel (787 words, 1 pages)

Livestock have contributed to human society in a number of ways, both good and bad. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" chapter Lethal Gift of Livestock dealt with some of the negative consequences of keeping livestock in such close proximity. Also, it considered what diseases are, and why they make us ill. ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013