Jared Diamond’s thesis in Guns, Germs and Steel provides an answer to one of the most fundamental underlying questions in human history: why is there such a gap between the “haves and have-nots” (GGS, 93)? He uses evidence from the origins of human history to answer this question. However, until the Industrial Revolutions, the differences between the societies were minute, and at different times, different societies were most advanced. Thus, Diamond’s thesis is erroneous because the inventions of
Trisha Polo AP World, Period 4 Mr. Bowers 22 August 2015 Guns, Germs, and Steel: Author’s Thesis “Why is that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?” American professor Jared Diamond could not answer a simple question asked by Yali, a New Guinean, right away, but it took him 25 years to answer it through “Guns, Germs, and Steel”. Through the book he elaborately explains his simple answer: “History followed different
Maria Ramos Assignment # 1: Guns, Germs, and Steel In the documentary, Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared M. Diamond’s argument about why Europeans were able to colonize the New World explains to the audience the reason why global inequality exists around the world. The documentary shows how geographic location in which certain groups began to develop plays the main factor in their development, adaptation and advancements to guns, germs, and steel. The film emphasizes on the world wide racial definition
With a front-row seat to viewing numerous transformations to the world and human society, mankind has openly expressed curiosity in understanding the significance of nature’s influence on the course of history. Jared Diamond, the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, explains how the societies of Eurasia dominated and influenced the world we live in today, and how geography played a major role in this result. Diamond introduces Yali, a Papua New Guinean tribe chief, and his question : “Why is that you