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The complex and integrated argument unfolds in four parts, strategically constructed by questions: why have different continents and regions developed so differently like the Maori killing the Moriori, and why did Pizzaro capture Inca emperor Atahu
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Besides that, I believe Guns, Germs and Steel was a very well structured, extensively researched and superbly presented book. In a relatively short display (part two), the author outlines the origins of agriculture. Reading this was actually a different experience, because it covers and explains in a nutshell how, when and why we are here today. …evidence for the existence of human differences in intelligence… is lacking. The characteristics of these crops are extensively discussed, driving us, the readers, to the conclusion that food production indeed played a major role in a material sense, mental sense, as an agent of civilization and as a source of power. The author in this particular section gives modern examples of modern animal breeders that were not able to domesticate some wild large mammals of Africa and justifies why ancient Africans and other peoples could not domesticate them either. Through these strong words we can see that he will try to convince people that there was something else holding people back and there is not such a thing as a superior race. We can see that the writer starts off the book with a notable amount of frustration about the mistaken ideas our society has come to believe: “ … objection to such racist explanations is not just that they are loathsome, but also that they are wrong.
Firstly, the author argues that ancient farmers had to develop more advanced tools for producing more amounts of food and had the opportunity to support people that did not work in the fields, such as politicians, warriors, priests and so on.
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