Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Author: (USA) Jared Diamond
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: The Century Humanistic Series includes five series: "The Century Library," "The Century Frontier," "Miniature Classics," "University Classics," and "Open Humanities." Each series is distinct yet complementary. "Open Humanities" aims to provide a panoramic platform for humanistic reading, engaging readers in literature, history, art, science, and more, blending learning with pleasure and nurturing both intellect and spirit. This book is part of the series. Why did people from the Eurasian continent conquer, drive out, or kill large numbers of Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, rather than the other way around? Why did crops like wheat and corn, animals like cattle and pigs, and other "remarkable" species of the modern world appear in these specific regions rather than others? In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond reveals the environmental factors that actually shaped the broad patterns of history, shattering racist theories of human history with profound impact. For its outstanding value and significance, the book was awarded the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in the United States and the Royal Society Prize for Science Books in the UK, and was a New York Times bestseller. This book represents a major advancement in understanding the history of human social development, documenting the reasons behind the formation of the modern world and its many inequalities. It is a true history of all peoples, offering a consistent and comprehensive narrative of human life, highly readable and engaging. This book is a significant step forward in understanding the history of human social development, recording the reasons behind the formation of the modern world and its many inequalities.