Guns, Germs, And Steel Analysis

In the novel Guns, Germs, and Steel author Jared Diamond immersed himself into to find information to see how societies and the changes made throughout the years affected today’s society and how they have become important factors to look into to be able understand the evolution of people. The novel itself is a representation of the history that we have gone through as a society however the ones I will be specifically talking about today are the “Collision at Cajamarca” and the factors that make it so important. Along with analyzing the chapter itself the more specific questions that need answering before the ultimate understanding are the proximate and ultimate factors that happend making this collision so important. Furthermore, we will be discussing the Neolithic Revolution and

Before the “Collision at Cajamarca” the encounter of the Old world and the New world started when Christopher Columbus first came across the Americas. This started the expansion of the countries and the wealth they gathered to gain powers over the others. As the spanish continued to look for land and civilization to take over they sent more and more people in order to gain land and power. When they first encountered the Native Americans (or Indians as also described in the novel) and their tribes many were described as savages and their religious studies as demonic however, the Spaniards could not deny the sophistication of their civilization and how it ran .One Spanish conquistador named Francisco Pizarro is known for the most memorable and illustrious conquest of the Inca Empire. The Inca Empire was as big and civilized as other Native America colonies. When they first entered outnumbered it was a slim chance in which they believed they would be successful in such conquest.In the novel they stated that “The Governor's brother Hernando Pizarro estimated the number of Indian soldiers there at