Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel asks why history unfolded so unevenly: why Eurasian societies came to dominate the world rather than others. This audio deep dive follows his answer through geography, food production, domesticated animals, germs, steel and writing, from the clash at Cajamarca in 1532 to the axes of continents. Not race or genius, he argues, but environment and the luck of the land.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel asks why history unfolded so unevenly: why Eurasian societies came to dominate the world rather than others. This audio d
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