Guns, Germs, and Steel was published in 1997. In the book, author Jared Diamond asks fundamental questions about humanity: why did different civilizations develop so unequally? Did some people possess certain advantages over others? What were they? To answer these questions, Diamond undertakes a detailed analysis of human history across the globe beginning in 11,000 B.C. In his research, he discovers that, contrary to commonly held racist assumptions for why societies are so unequal, the explanation lies in geography rather than biology. Geographical differences allowed some societies to develop food production earlier than other societies; they allowed technology to spread more quickly...
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