What Is The Final Chapter Of Guns Germs And Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel is a book by Jared Diamond that talked about geographical differences between different societies. In his book he mentioned his trip to New Guinea in which he thought about the cultural differences between New Guinea and more advanced societies such as the U.S and Europe. He came to the conclusion that the more advanced societies influence over other cultures due to the geographic differences and environmental diversity in their homelands. The first part of the book “From Eden To Cajamarca” Jared Diamond discussed human evolution, the clash of the Maoris and the Morioris in the Catham Islands, and Francisco Pizarro conquering of the Inca Empire.

In chapter one Diamond mentioned the first stone tools and cave paintings

The Chatham Islands are a group of Islands southeast of New Zealand; the Maoris people overwhelmed the Morioris people with their warlike culture. The Maoris people were more advanced on their homeland with a working government system and a farming system rather than the lack of direction and the hunter gather system the Morioris had.

The final chapter in “From Eden To Cajamarca” talked about Francisco Pizarro’s conquest of the Inca Empire. Although the Inca’s were very advanced they were conquered easily. The Inca’s ruler Atahualpa was captured by Pizarro within minutes of the battle due to the arrows and clubs the Inca’s used to fight which had little effect on the Spanish steel amour and guns. The Inca’s may have had gold but they did not have the steel the Spanish had. In the first section of the book Diamond talked about how humans evolved and how they advanced and conquered different parts of the world. The second part of the book “The Rise and Spread of Food Production” Jared Diamond discussed “food production” the term Diamond referred to when talking about the domestication of plants. He also talked about how domesticating animals lead to better farming and easier living depending on where the cultures

Through necessity new inventions were making their way into society, the failed inventions were those that had no purpose and made no economic difference. Due to the larger population technology progressed instantaneously for the Eurasians. Though some inventions such as guns and other forms of violence was refused.

The once conjoined land of Australia and New Guinea was separated 10000 years ago. Due to the harsh climate, New Guinea didn’t get travelers from Europe. Australia however, was easily modernized with imported weapons and modern inventions from around the world. New Guinea was stuck in the past. These inventions spread around the world, yet still avoided New Guinea because of its lack of livestock and crops. People were adapting to modernization while the places that were geographically unfavorable stayed in the past.

The last part of Diamond’s book “Around the World in Five Chapters” is about how many different cultures became how they are today. For instance the 16th chapter is called “How China Became Chinese”. This section explains why everyone is where they are today, such as the New Guineans being in the position they