diseases are steel in guns germs and steel.
diseases are steel in guns germs and steel.
what is steel in guns germs and steel?
diseases
the book's title is a reference to the means by which farm-based societies conquered populations of other areas and maintained dominance, despite sometimes being vastly outnumbered – superior weapons provided immediate military superiority (guns); eurasian diseases weakened and reduced local populations, who had no immunity, making it easier to maintain control over them (germs); and durable means of transport (steel) enabled imperialism.









































diamond argues geographic, climatic and environmental characteristics which favored early development of stable agricultural societies ultimately led to immunity to diseases endemic in agricultural animals and the development of powerful, organized states capable of dominating others.
guns, germs, and steel
guns, germs, and steel









































guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies (previously titled guns, germs and steel: a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years) is a 1997 transdisciplinary non-fiction book by jared diamond, professor of geography and physiology at the university of california, los angeles (ucla). in 1998, "guns, germs, and steel" won the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction and the aventis prize for best science book. a documentary based on the book, and produced by the national geographic society, was broadcast on pbs in july 2005.
guns, germs, and steel