Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
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[2005]
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Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide. The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, Guns, Germs and Steel encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as the histories of dinosaurs and glaciers. Thirty-two illustrations.
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15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general
Anthropology
Anthropology, Cultural
Audiobooks
Biological Evolution
Civilisation
Civilisation -- Histoire
Civilization
Civilization -- history
cultural diffusion
Cultural Evolution
Culture diffusion
Culturele verschillen
Cultuur
Diffusion culturelle
Documents d'information
Effect of environment on
Ethnography
Ethnologie
Ethnology
General
Geschichte
Histoire
History
History (form)
Homme
Homme -- Influence de l'environnement
Homme -- Influence sur la nature
Human beings
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
Human Geography
Influence de l'environnement
Influence sur la nature
Informational works
methods
Natuurlijke hulpbronnen
Nonfiction
Population
social anthropology
Social change
Sociale evolutie
Sociale geschiedenis
Social Environment
Social evolution
Social history
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
Sociology, Medical
Sociology, Medical -- methods
Sound recordings
Soziale Evolution
Wereldgeschiedenis
Zivilisation
Évolution sociale
Êtres humains
Êtres humains -- Influence de l'environnement
Anthropology
Anthropology, Cultural
Audiobooks
Biological Evolution
Civilisation
Civilisation -- Histoire
Civilization
Civilization -- history
cultural diffusion
Cultural Evolution
Culture diffusion
Culturele verschillen
Cultuur
Diffusion culturelle
Documents d'information
Effect of environment on
Ethnography
Ethnologie
Ethnology
General
Geschichte
Histoire
History
History (form)
Homme
Homme -- Influence de l'environnement
Homme -- Influence sur la nature
Human beings
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
Human Geography
Influence de l'environnement
Influence sur la nature
Informational works
methods
Natuurlijke hulpbronnen
Nonfiction
Population
social anthropology
Social change
Sociale evolutie
Sociale geschiedenis
Social Environment
Social evolution
Social history
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
Sociology, Medical
Sociology, Medical -- methods
Sound recordings
Soziale Evolution
Wereldgeschiedenis
Zivilisation
Évolution sociale
Êtres humains
Êtres humains -- Influence de l'environnement
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Biological Evolution
Civilisation -- Histoire
Civilization
Civilization -- History
Civilization -- history
Cultural Evolution
Culture diffusion
Culturele verschillen
Cultuur
Diffusion culturelle
Documents d'information
Ethnography
Ethnologie
Ethnology
Geschichte
History
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Population
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
Social Environment
Social change
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Sociale evolutie
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Sociology, Medical -- methods
Sound recordings
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Civilisation -- Histoire
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Civilization -- History
Civilization -- history
Cultural Evolution
Culture diffusion
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Documents d'information
Ethnography
Ethnologie
Ethnology
Geschichte
History
History (form)
Homme -- Influence de l'environnement
Homme -- Influence sur la nature
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
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Social Environment
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Sociale geschiedenis
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Sound recordings
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Zivilisation
cultural diffusion
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social anthropology
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Êtres humains -- Influence de l'environnement
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Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies
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Guns, germs, and steel : The fates of human societies / Jared Diamond
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond ; [with a new afterword about the modern world]
Guns, germs, and steel [sound recording] : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond ; [with a new afterword about the modern world]
Guns, germs, and steel [sound recording] : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond
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Guns, germs, and steel
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15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general
Anthropology
Anthropology, Cultural
Biological Evolution
Civilisation
Civilization
Cultural Evolution
Culture diffusion
Culturele verschillen
Cultuur
Diffusion culturelle
Effect of environment on
Ethnography
Ethnologie
Ethnology
General
Geschichte
Histoire
History
Homme
Human Geography
Human beings
Influence de l'environnement
Influence sur la nature
Natuurlijke hulpbronnen
Population
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social Environment
Social change
Social evolution
Social history
Sociale evolutie
Sociale geschiedenis
Sociology, Medical
Soziale Evolution
Wereldgeschiedenis
Zivilisation
cultural diffusion
ethnology
history
methods
social anthropology
Évolution sociale
Êtres humains
Anthropology
Anthropology, Cultural
Biological Evolution
Civilisation
Civilization
Cultural Evolution
Culture diffusion
Culturele verschillen
Cultuur
Diffusion culturelle
Effect of environment on
Ethnography
Ethnologie
Ethnology
General
Geschichte
Histoire
History
Homme
Human Geography
Human beings
Influence de l'environnement
Influence sur la nature
Natuurlijke hulpbronnen
Population
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social Environment
Social change
Social evolution
Social history
Sociale evolutie
Sociale geschiedenis
Sociology, Medical
Soziale Evolution
Wereldgeschiedenis
Zivilisation
cultural diffusion
ethnology
history
methods
social anthropology
Évolution sociale
Êtres humains
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