Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond
- figuring out the biggest questions in human history
- travels to Papua New Guinea
- A professor at UCLA
- he's a leading bird watching expert in New Guinea
- big question; why do we have so much cargo but New Guineans don't?
- white people saw themselves as the superior race
- 3 major thing all great civilizations need
- advanced technology
- large populations
- well organized work forces
- Jared is a scientist not a historian
- middle eastern people were thriving thousands of years ago
- New Guineans use the sago tree for dough
- barley and wheat were surplussed in the middle east
- Drah' is the first permanent village
- domestication is cross breeding
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