Worlds Together And Worlds Apart By Jared Diamond: Chapter Analysis

For chapter 2 Worlds Together and Worlds Apart and Jared Diamond's writing, there were many different opinions, thoughts, facts, and beliefs throughout the discussion of civilization and how it came to be. The textbook relied on more factual and equal information, while Diamond made it pretty clear how agricultural advancement was one of the biggest accomplishments in history and how it affected groups civilization skills. Jared Diamond’s case was better than the textbook, he was bluntly honest and went straight to the point. While the textbook gave an equal amount of information and did not explain the changes and new adaptations people in societies had to make in order to keep up with the rise of civilization. Diamond discusses how farming …show more content…
Sentences like this made me appreciate his writing even more because he always cuts to the point. In our history book, it gives approximately 3 paragraphs in the book about the domestication of plants and animals, which is just a small dent in our 30+ page chapters. While in Jared Diamond’s writing, he wrote over 4 pages just about the domestication of animals. “Big domestic mammals further revolutionized human society” (Diamond 90). Diamond discussed the domestication of animals and the leads that went along with it. Agricultural societies had domesticated large mammals such as horses and donkeys. These animals had allowed humans to travel long distances. This was also a new way for humans to preserve their energy, rather than going everywhere on foot. Along with the domestication outbreak, came being able to survive more germ epidemics. Plants and animal domestication had meant denser population, an abundance of food, and more intelligent use of human energy. The decision to pursue agriculture instead of hunting-gathering was motivated more than anything else. This great historical step had led to the notion of domesticated plants and