Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Read Between The Lines · Jared Diamond
August 29, 202524m 34s
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Show Notes
Have you ever wondered why history unfolded so differently across the continents? Journey back 13,000 years to discover how the luck of having the right crops and animals gave some civilizations the ultimate tools of conquest: guns, germs, and steel.
Topics
Geographic determinismEnvironmental historyWorld historyBig HistoryAnthropologyBiogeographyDomesticationAgricultureNeolithic RevolutionFood productionEpidemic diseasesTechnologySocietal developmentGlobal inequalityContinental axis theoryDiffusion of innovationEurasiaAnna Karenina principleCivilizationProximate and ultimate causes