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A review by abhi_sp
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
4.0
As his critics , Diamond tries to bend the truth to make it seem as if everything can be explained by geography . He's wrong there tho. While geography and environmental factors do matter enormously , so do cultural, social and political factors which many times evolve mostly independent of environmental factors.
Nevertheless he shows really strong , eye opening evidence as to how important environment and geography are to the development of human societies . How it has held back most of Sub-Saharan Africa , Oceania and the pre-columbian Americas as well retarding the growth of civilizations in the old world in regions like mainland and maritime south east asia.
Nevertheless he shows really strong , eye opening evidence as to how important environment and geography are to the development of human societies . How it has held back most of Sub-Saharan Africa , Oceania and the pre-columbian Americas as well retarding the growth of civilizations in the old world in regions like mainland and maritime south east asia.