How Did Europeans Develop New Technology

Why is it that Europeans are developing new technology every day while the people of Papua New Guinea are still using stone tools? Many people believe that the majority of inequality is determined by race, religion, or intelligence, but it’s actually determined by geography. For civilizations to be equal, they would need to have the same advantages as everyone else does and have the same skills and technology at the same time. When a civilization has a fitting climate for growing crops and domesticating animals, it allows them to create a stockpile of food. This gives people more time for other things, like developing steel and better weapons. Living around domesticated animals granted an immunity to smallpox and other diseases and with the new addition of steel, it made some civilizations virtually unstoppable to smaller and less developed civilizations …show more content…
Other civilizations didn't have time for other things because they had to spend their time harvesting and collecting food. Specialists were important because they constantly experimented and worked on one thing. This led to the creation of better tools and weapons. These steel weapons were far superior to their stone and copper predecessors because they could make stronger, longer, and sharper swords. Steel requires large amounts of iron ore, carbon, fast-flowing water, and a long lasting fire. It was created by smelting the iron ore and carbon together in a very hot fire. The Inca didn't have steel because they could not build a long enough lasting fire to heat the iron due to their wet climate. This affected their development because they didn't have strong weapons to take over other civilizations, therefore their civilization did not grow. The Incas only had bronze weapons and stone knives to protect them, the Spanish had strong and sharp swords. The Incas fell to invasion and the Spanish invaded and