Jared Diamond Guns Germs And Steel Chapter Analysis

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This historical text is based off the thesis created by Jared Diamond to ask “Why was it that Europeans came to dominate the globe starting in the sixteenth century?” Diamond inquires for the reason behind the actions taken by the Europeans for the supremacy of the world throughout the sixteenth century. He states his thesis as that geography, which governs climate which, in turn, controls indigenous species, and this is the reason for the unequal distribution of wealth in the world today. The fact that geography has their hands in every action taken for all of the steps below one another. For example geographical location and environment shapes societies, but race or biological make up will do so. I believe Jared Diamond is stating that the people don’t always have the upmost…show more content…
I believe the answer is that the Eurasian land mass had natural advantages such, as a larger amount of big species that could be domesticated and more varieties of grains for bulk farming, and easier trade between cultures and civilizations. According to the author, the geography and ecology of the Eurasian region gave societies an advantage over those on other continents that they were able to control. Jared Diamond then argues that even though agriculture arose in many different parts of the world, Eurasia gained an early advantage because of greater availability of better plant and animal species for domestication. Eurasia had the best collection of plants and animals suitable for domestication. This is the reason for the New World staying primitive and improvised with the lower amount of equipment available to allow for growth within the
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