Out Of Eden Analysis

“Out of Eden” is the first episode which starts off the Guns, Germs, and Steel documentary. This episode kicks off in a country called Papua New Guinea due to the major impact that it had toward Jared Diamond’s findings. In New Guinea, Jared Diamond became inspired to understand why some societies are not as advanced as others. This question has never really entered my mind until I watched this documentary and learned more about Jared’s well thought out theories. In this episode, hunter-gathering, farming, and animal domestication are all examined in order to fully grasp the advancement of cultures. According to Jared Diamond, the gap in human societies can be explained by analyzing the differences in geography. The first time I heard this …show more content…
This episode’s title perfectly illustrates what the videos content will contain. Conquest means to use force to invade or take control of an area. This documentary also uses elements from “Out of Eden” to effectively represent the transitions of each event. For example, the first episode mentions that the Middle Easterners had to relocate due to climate change and the second episode describes how the Europeans benefited from them. The Europeans advanced in agriculture and weaponry thanks to the Middle Easterners. This society became highly skilled in battle by having an advantage over the Native Americans. In “Conquest,” the three main points which describe the reasons behind the differences of advancements in culture are war, language, and disease. I could understand why wars and diseases would have an impact on societies but I have never considered that language would affect it. Jared Diamond’s theories are all reasonable claims and he always backs up his arguments with persuasive reasoning and information. He compares and contrasts the differences between the Europeans and the Native Americans in order to give the audience an understanding of the advantages that the Europeans