Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Guns, Germs, and Steel is a widely influential book by Jared Diamond that explores how geography, environment, and the distribution of domesticable plants and animals shaped the unequal development of human societies.
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book
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history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television documentary series ⓘ |
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Eurasia’s east–west axis facilitated diffusion of crops, animals, and technologies
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availability of domesticable plants and animals shaped early food production ⓘ food surpluses enabled population growth and social complexity ⓘ guns, steel, and germs gave Eurasians military and biological advantages ⓘ proximity to domesticated animals led to deadly germs that devastated other populations ⓘ |
| author | Jared Diamond ⓘ |
| awarded |
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
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Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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| awardYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| centralThesis | geographic and environmental factors largely explain the unequal development of human societies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| criticizedBy |
some anthropologists
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some historians ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
environmental determinism
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underemphasizing culture and agency ⓘ |
| documentaryBroadcaster | PBS ⓘ |
| documentaryReleaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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geography ⓘ history ⓘ sociology of development ⓘ |
| influenced |
popular understanding of world history
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public debates on global inequality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableChapterTopic |
conquest of the Inca Empire by the Spanish
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origins of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent ⓘ spread of crops and livestock across Eurasia ⓘ |
| partTitle |
Around the World in Five Chapters
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From Eden to Cajamarca ⓘ Guns, Germs, and Steel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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From Food to Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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The Rise and Spread of Food Production
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| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| received | Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and four parts ⓘ |
| subject |
Eurasian expansion
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domestication of animals ⓘ domestication of plants ⓘ environmental determinism ⓘ epidemic diseases ⓘ food production ⓘ geographic determinism ⓘ human societies ⓘ inequality between societies ⓘ technological development ⓘ |
| subtitle |
Guns, Germs, and Steel
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The Fates of Human Societies
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The Fates of Human Societies
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The Rise and Spread of Food Production
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From Food to Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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Jared Diamond