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Humans. “Guns, Germs & Steel”. Consider Past 13,000 Years Hunter/gatherers yield to farmers Over time, Farmers are displacing H/G... Why? Inherent characteristics of people? Environment? In GG&S, J. Diamond proposes purely environmental hypothesis. Key Environmental Factors. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Humans
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“Guns, Germs & Steel”
• Consider Past 13,000 Years• Hunter/gatherers yield to farmers• Over time, Farmers are displacing
H/G... Why?• Inherent characteristics of people?• Environment? • In GG&S, J. Diamond proposes
purely environmental hypothesis
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Key Environmental Factors
• Available plants suitable as crops
• Available animals for domestication
• Latitude orientation for easy diffusion
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Latitude
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Fertile Crescent
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Macro Pattern - Farmers
• More Calories
• More People
• Camps, Villages, Communities
• Specialization, Stuff
• Warriors & Bureaucrats
• Language, Rules, Laws, etc.
• Germs…