Analysis Of Guns Germs And Steel Essay

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Guns, Germs and Steel Essay
Have you heard about the inequality of resources that is happening around the world. People around the world such as in papua new guinea dont get the food we have here or the technology and clothes they have to work every day for a meal that's not very nutritious while we just have to walk to the store to buy a quick snack to get something to eat. Why do people across the world get completely different things than us?
Geographic location affects crops by being too to dry or too wet such as the fertile crescent can't grow sago because it's too dry and Papua New Guinea can't grow wheat because it's too wet. If you're too close to the ocean or water in general it will be hard to grow crops such as wheat or barley because
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Requirements that you need to domesticate an animal are ,they have to be a herbivore, they have to sexually mature in about a year or sooner, they have to be able to breed in captivity, they have to get along with animals or be able to be trained to get along with animals and the have to have a social structure. If an animal that is not a herbivore is in captivity you have to raise animal for the carnivore to eat and plants for the animal to eat. If an animal is under 100 pounds it won't provide enough nutrition and meat in general so if you only have skinny or small animals you will most likely sarve. You do not want an aggressive animal on your “farm” because if you do they might injure or kill you or the other animals on your farm. If you have a herd of animals with a social structure you can take control of the alpha/leader of the herd and control the entire herd. You want animals that sexually mature in a year or less because if you don't you won't have enough meat to survive the seasons or until youre animals sexually mature. Europe was able to almost completely destroy other cultures because the animals they had gave them clothes food,milk, and hide for clothes,all this stuff gave them time to experiment with different things which would lead to their

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