American geographer Jared Diamond theorized that “guns, germs, and steel” were the major factors that contributed to the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Diamond explains “guns, germs and steel” were European advancements that resulted from their geography. His theory received a tremendous amount of attention and popularity from other scientists and historians, which also brought an abundant controversy. There are a lot of scholars who agree with Diamond’s theory, but concurrently, scientists and historians believe that he left out other major contributing factors that led the Spaniards to success. Although others may disagree, Diamond’s theory is most effective when focused on Europeans’ animal domestication, specifically their use of horses
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Horses gave great advancements to the Europeans during the conquering of the Americas such as mobility . The more mobility that the Europeans had, the more control that they had over the their land , which leads to better efficiency. “Horses changed the productivity of the Europeans” especially agriculture, which helps build the population, because the “more food there is, the more people that can be feed” , which decreases the amount of deaths caused by starvation; the more people there are in a society, the more people there are to fight during battle. Not only did the horses give the European society more warriors, but also stature. When Spaniards came to Peru, the Inca’s looked them “as Gods…half humans, half beast” . During the battle against the Inca’s it benefitted the Spaniards “because neither the Aztec not the Inca had ever seen humans riding animals before; the physiological impact of mounted troops was tremendous.” The horses were so monumental during the battle, because the Pizzario had led 62 Horsebacks and 106 on foot conquistador’s against the Incans, whom had at least 55,000 warriors. With the Spaniards being vastly outnumbered by the Inca’s, the horses were extremely
Horses gave great advancements to the Europeans during the conquering of the Americas such as mobility . The more mobility that the Europeans had, the more control that they had over the their land , which leads to better efficiency. “Horses changed the productivity of the Europeans” especially agriculture, which helps build the population, because the “more food there is, the more people that can be feed” , which decreases the amount of deaths caused by starvation; the more people there are in a society, the more people there are to fight during battle. Not only did the horses give the European society more warriors, but also stature. When Spaniards came to Peru, the Inca’s looked them “as Gods…half humans, half beast” . During the battle against the Inca’s it benefitted the Spaniards “because neither the Aztec not the Inca had ever seen humans riding animals before; the physiological impact of mounted troops was tremendous.” The horses were so monumental during the battle, because the Pizzario had led 62 Horsebacks and 106 on foot conquistador’s against the Incans, whom had at least 55,000 warriors. With the Spaniards being vastly outnumbered by the Inca’s, the horses were extremely