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Guns, germs, and steel the fates of human societies

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    2013
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    Most of this work deals with non-Europeans, but Diamond's thesis sheds light on why Western civilization became hegemonic: "History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves." Those who domesticated plants and animals early got a head start on developing writing, government, technology, weapons of war, and immunity to deadly germs.

    Original Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 1999
    Language(s): English