Guns, Germs, and Steel Group

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swimchick857
swimchick857
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High School - 9th Grade

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?

I have to write a essay of a Minimum one page for each point and am lost where to even start. Any help would be MUCH appreciated!!!

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Posted by swimchick857 on Sunday October 25, 2009 at 3:15 PM and tagged with and steel, germs, guns, social sciences.

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  1. pohnpei397 Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

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    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 mountains or deserts that blocked the diffusion of agriculture.  Also Chapter 10

    Point 5: It had lots of little countries that competed with one another, unlike China.  So countries had to innovate to survive.  Chapter 16

    Those are the ones I'd use.  Good luck!

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on Sunday October 25, 2009 at 3:54 PM