Guns, Germs, and Steel

Prologue Yali's Question

What is Yali's question and why did it motivate Diamond to write this book?

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Yali's question....

Why did history unfold differently on different continents?

Diamond was motivated to write this book in order to satisfy his own curiosity.... to answer Yali's question.... and in turn his own. Yali's question, and the number of ways in which it could be considered and answered are numerous.

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