Summary Of Guns, Germs And Steel By Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond’s book “Guns, Germs, and Steel” begins with Diamond trying to answer a question Yali from New Guinea asks. Diamond reminds us repeatedly that too answer Yali’s question, history needs to be taken, into account. Not all tribes, continents, or countries were and still aren’t alike. Numerous, were agricultural, industrialized, various had a government, others having a chief was sufficed. However, with the differences comes a different environment, and climate. In some the population, would be more than, it would be in another tribe, continent, and country. Diamond believes, the environment is that main cause to the reasoning behind why one country may have wealth over the next country but, we also have too, consider history as being …show more content…
The Moriori people having been liberated for over a century quickly, comes to end when welcomed by the Maori people bearing arms, clubs, and axes. What made these two tribes different? The Moriori people were double the size of the Maori people. The Moriori people were hunter-gathers as well as, a tribe of resolving issues peacefully, they were not fighters, and did not have leadership. The Maori people were from North of where the Moriori people were from, most of the Moriori people were farmers, fighters, and were under a leadership. Corresponding, to what we now know, it would be quite impossible for the war to turn out any other way then, the way ended. Diamond suggest, the reason behind the why the war ended the way that it did was because the Maori people were more technological because of their environment. If the Moriori people were the fighters, retained a leadership, and had access to bear arms the, Maori people would have been the victims in this story line. Diamond concluded that, the environment in which, the person, or tribe resides in, is the reason behind why the person, or tribe are the way that they are.
Gabriel Judkins suggests, in his argument that to, understand determinism in human-environment we must not only consider the environment and history, but many other factors to be exactly six …show more content…
This varies from state to state in my opinion. There are underlying rules, for instance New Yorkers know, rushing into the train when the train has arrived, and walking at a fast pace, etc. The city has different behaviors of what is acceptable and what is not in different locations. As individuals, we may all be different, but there is this knowledge of outside etiquette we all respect and know. Diamond, makes a strong statement, but an extremely clear one. Our environment does shape who we are. Judkins, does look at different aspects and considers everything instead, of focusing at our environment as the primary source. My personal example of this would be, looking at my borough. Then, looking at my neighborhood after, zooming in you can assume from Diamonds environmental determinism everyone on my block is the same. But, Judkins takes society, household, and environment into a major importance. My neighbor and I live on the same block but, her and I are not the same for I can be financially stable while, she may not be. Therefore, society, and household is just as important as the