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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Guns, Germs, and Steel Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wild foods become less available.  Hunter-gatherers kill off too many...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-five-factors-contributing-rise-food-114679</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Wild foods become less available.  Hunter-gatherers kill off too many large animals and that makes that lifestyle less sustainable.
More wild plants that could be domesticated became available at about this same time.
Technological advances allowed people to harvest and store greater quantities of food that they cultivated.
Human populations rise.  It's not clear how much this caused food production and how much food production caused it,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In regards to Guns, Germs, and Steel, what are five factors contributing...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In regards to Guns, Germs, and Steel, what are five factors contributing to the rise of food production?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:57:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yali's question, in Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-yalis-question-why-do-you-think-yali-114039</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Yali's question, in Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is essentially this: why were white people so rich (having so many material goods) when Yali's people in New Guinea had so few material goods of their own?
Why would Yali be interested in this?  Well, just about any primitive culture with few conveniences would be interested in having more of those modern conveniences.  It would not be strange to wonder why they didn't have all the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:49:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Guns, Germs, and Steel," what is Yali's question? Why do you think...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-yalis-question-why-do-you-think-yali-114039</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "Guns, Germs, and Steel," what is Yali's question? Why do you think Yali is interested in the answer?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:39:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is an article that agree's with Jared Diamonds Thesis?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-an-article-that-agrees-with-jared-diamonds-111111</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is an article that agree's with Jared Diamonds Thesis?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-an-article-that-agrees-with-jared-diamonds-111111</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:06:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Assuming that Diamond's overall thesis is that Europe came to dominate...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-five-major-supporting-points-examples-jared-110143</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Assuming that Diamond's overall thesis is that Europe came to dominate for geographical reasons, not "racial" ones.
Point 1: Eurasia had "better" kinds of plants that allowed for the onset of agriculture.  Chapter 7 and 8
Point 2:  It had "better" kinds of animals -- ones that could be domesticated.  Chapter 9
Point 3: It had a long east-west axis that allows for the diffusion of agriculture. Chapter 10
Point 4: It didn't have huge...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:54:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are FIVE major supporting points or examples Jared Diamond uses to...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-five-major-supporting-points-examples-jared-110143</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are FIVE major supporting points or examples Jared Diamond uses to prove his thesis or support his argument in his book Guns, Germs, and Steel?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:15:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Okay, you're asking for quite a bit here.  What I'm going to do is give...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-five-major-supporting-points-examples-jared-109921</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Okay, you're asking for quite a bit here.  What I'm going to do is give you a bit of help with his thesis first of all:
His thesis is that Europeans came to be more powerful than other people because they were lucky in terms of their geography.  It was not because they were smarter or better than other people.
The major way in which they were lucky is that they could get agriculture sooner because they had better kinds of plants and animals...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:38:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are five major supporting points/examples Jared Diamond's uses to...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-five-major-supporting-points-examples-jared-109921</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are five major supporting points/examples Jared Diamond's uses to support his thesis on the book Guns, Germs, and Steel?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-five-major-supporting-points-examples-jared-109921</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jared Diamond argues that the Middle East had the following advantages...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-advantages-did-ancient-near-east-middle-east-106905</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jared Diamond argues that the Middle East had the following advantages over other areas.
1.  Climate.  The Middle East has what he calls a Mediterranean climate.  This type of climate has mild, wet winters and long summers that are both hot and dry.
2.  The plants that grew wild in this area were more conducive to domestication.  Specifically, they had big seeds and tended to grow in large clumps even without human intervention.  There...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:14:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What advantages did the Ancient Near East and the Middle East have over...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-advantages-did-ancient-near-east-middle-east-106905</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What advantages did the Ancient Near East and the Middle East have over other areas in the development of agricultural societies?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:43:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Just to answer the "where" part of the question:  the oldest fossils of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/where-do-scientists-think-that-first-humans-came-99019</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Just to answer the "where" part of the question:  the oldest fossils of early human ancestors currently available came from Eastern Africa (with "Lucy" / Australopithecus afarensis being from the Afar triangle in Ethiopia).  
Proconsul dates about 23-17 million years ago, came from Western Africa, and may be the closest human / monkey / ape ancestor we have available.  "Ardi" / Ardipithecus ramidus, a probable ancestor to Lucy was found in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:38:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What was the region/country was the book Guns,Germs and Steel from? What...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-was-region-country-was-book-guns-germs-steel-103115</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What was the region/country was the book Guns,Germs and Steel from? What did you learn about the region/country of where this book was set?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-was-region-country-was-book-guns-germs-steel-103115</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:09:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what impact did the Inca and conquistadors do on the geography...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-impact-did-inca-conquistadors-do-geography-102293</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what impact did the Inca and conquistadors do on the geography to develop civilization?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-impact-did-inca-conquistadors-do-geography-102293</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:41:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jane Austen "Real, solemn history, I can not be interested in-the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-would-jared-dimonds-definition-world-history-94287</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jane Austen "Real, solemn history, I can not be interested in-the quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, hardly any women at all"
Orleanna echoes Jane Austen in The Poisonwood Bible
"Not the marriage proposal, the summit conquered, the fist shot fired, nor the last one either- the treaty at Appomattox, the knife in the heart. Let men write those stories. I can not....on the day...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:05:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Believe it or not, this is one of Diamond's easier concepts to...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/how-does-diamond-explain-chinas-unity-europes-100749</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, this is one of Diamond's easier concepts to understand.  Diamond's theory is that Europe was not unified, in part, due to the geography of Europe.  On page 414 we read that Europe's large and greatly indented coast line led to isolation of islands and communities.  These various isolated communities formed their own governments, cultures, and value systems.  China, on the other hand, had a long, but smooth coast. ...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:28:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Diamond explain China's unity and Europe's disunity?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/how-does-diamond-explain-chinas-unity-europes-100749</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does Diamond explain China's unity and Europe's disunity?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/how-does-diamond-explain-chinas-unity-europes-100749</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:13:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[**PROLOGUE**WHAT ARE THE OTHER COMMONLY ESPOUSED ANSWERS TO YALI'S...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/prologue-what-other-commonly-espoused-answers-100747</link>
        <description><![CDATA[**PROLOGUE**WHAT ARE THE OTHER COMMONLY ESPOUSED ANSWERS TO YALI'S QUESTION AND HOW DOES JD ADRESS AND REFUTE EACH ONE OF THEM??**********************]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/prologue-what-other-commonly-espoused-answers-100747</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:08:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what factors do all great civilizations share?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-factors-do-all-great-civilizations-share-100581</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what factors do all great civilizations share?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-factors-do-all-great-civilizations-share-100581</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:39:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[**WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ORDER OF THE CHAPTERS IN GUNS, GERMS,...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-importance-order-chapters-guns-germs-steel-100443</link>
        <description><![CDATA[**WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ORDER OF THE CHAPTERS IN GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL? EX. Y IS COLLISION AT CAJAMARCA PLACED IN NON CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/guns-germs-steel/q-and-a/what-importance-order-chapters-guns-germs-steel-100443</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:32:16 PST</pubDate>
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