European expansion did so well primarily because of the social and cultural benefits the Europeans had in comparison to the Native Americans whose land they conquered. This is exampled in the Battle of Cajamarca, where cultural advancement was the largest contributor to the victory of Pizarro and the Spaniards against the Inca emperor Atahuallpa. The Europeans level of food production also aided increased the gap of power between them and the Native Americans. Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel” goes over Europe’s social and cultural benefits as well as their advantages in food production. I will also include a discussion of the world systems theory, as well as express my criticism towards why Diamond chose not to include the topic of culture in his literature.
The battle that went to influence the relationship between Europeans and Native Americans the most is known as the Collision of Cajamarca, which took place on November 16, 1532. This encounter was between the Inca emperor Atahuallpa, and Spaniard group leader Francisco Pizarro. Diamond sites this battle to be the accomplishment of when “Pizarro's tiny army of Spaniards …show more content…
Atahuallpa saw no importance in this Book for it was not a part of his culture, while Pizarro and the Spaniards took the gesture with great disrespect because the Book was a Holy part of his social and cultural background. Diamond refers to collision of cultures as ‘hemispheres colliding.’ Otherwise, he lacks discussion on culture throughout “Guns, Germs, and Steel”, so there is no reference to how various occurrences were affected and caused by culture or how they were in relation to culture. If Diamond were to involve culture in his book, it would show the differences in culture between groups that made an impact as to why certain things transpired as they
The battle that went to influence the relationship between Europeans and Native Americans the most is known as the Collision of Cajamarca, which took place on November 16, 1532. This encounter was between the Inca emperor Atahuallpa, and Spaniard group leader Francisco Pizarro. Diamond sites this battle to be the accomplishment of when “Pizarro's tiny army of Spaniards …show more content…
Atahuallpa saw no importance in this Book for it was not a part of his culture, while Pizarro and the Spaniards took the gesture with great disrespect because the Book was a Holy part of his social and cultural background. Diamond refers to collision of cultures as ‘hemispheres colliding.’ Otherwise, he lacks discussion on culture throughout “Guns, Germs, and Steel”, so there is no reference to how various occurrences were affected and caused by culture or how they were in relation to culture. If Diamond were to involve culture in his book, it would show the differences in culture between groups that made an impact as to why certain things transpired as they