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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
By Jared Diamond
Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, rather than the reverse? Jared Diamond argues that the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate in environmental differences, which are amplified by feedback loops.This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is both a history of the world in under 500 pages and an attempt to answer one of the most pressing questions about power and inequality in the world today: why are some societies more po…
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Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, rather than the reverse? Jared Diamond argues that the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate in environmental differences, which are amplified by feedback loops.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is both a history of the world in under 500 pages and an attempt to answer one of the most pressing questions about power and inequality in the world today: why are some societies more powerful than others?
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