Europe Geography And Geography

Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro managed to bring down the administration and basic structure of the Aztec Empire and Inca Empire with only a few hundred men by utilizing various advantages that they possessed. Both men had far superior weaponry than the natives that they fought however the natives could have countered this with just sheer numbers and utilizing the terrain that they knew so well. What really allowed these men to dominate their enemies was their strategies and experience. Both men were also aided by the diseases that they brought with them, devastating the native population for decades.

Diamond believes that the main reason why people were able to create such a great civilization in Middle East is because they had over produced food so people were able to specialize in labor and produce military, leaders, architects, art and such. But why New Guineans were not able to do the same?

The Europeans came to the Americas far more advanced than any of the inhabitants and their advantage was staggering. Of course their conquest was far

C.A country likely constitutes a formal political region because within its boundaries certain conditions of nationality, law, and political tradition prevail.

The Spanish had yet another advantage that led to their ultimate rule, and that was that they had disease. They could spread diseases that were new to the Aztecs, who had no immunity to these diseases. These diseases included mumps, smallpox and measles. http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/07/30/guest-post-what-killed-the-aztecs/ Sun 9 Aug. 15

In both Australia and New Guinea, the chief geographical factor in retarding the development of the region was the isolation from other societies. This isolation created a lack of new technologies being spread to this region while Europe was more easily able to innovate and trade with other areas. Another factor that Diamond cites is that “Australia is by far the driest, smallest, flattest, most infertile, climatically most unpredictable… continent.”

In Jared Diamond’s Collision at Cajamarca and Hemispheres Colliding from his book Guns, Germs, and Steel he addresses the factors relating to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. This is seen in their differences in development, warfare, disease and politics. Firstly, it is important to start by taking a looking at the Empire’s themselves. The Spanish Empire, like many in Europe, developed sooner than their Native American counterparts in agriculture and industries.

He compares three places that all developed food production and in which place it was more effective than the other two: Western Eurasia, specifically the Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent zones, New Guinea, and the Eastern U.S. Diamond first describes advantages of the Fertile Crescent that made it so suitable for farming. First, the Mediterranean climate with long dry seasons caused plants to adapt and consequently they were able to be stored for a long time. Second, the flora of the Mediterranean was previously abundant and productive, so they didn’t need to change much to be able to be cultivated. Lastly, many of the plants were self-pollinating, therefore they could keep the positive traits they were selected for by humans. These adaptations allowed food production to rise quickly and allowed for people to begin the process of civilization. Thus, the Fertile Crescent became one of the first cites of

When less than two hundred Spanish men went up against millions of Incas, it’d be expected that the Incas would win. But the Spanish turned out victorious. How did they do it? How did the Spanish manage to not only kill, but conquer the Incas and their territory? With domesticated animals, wWheell-grown crops, steel, germs, and the right geography, territories could overpower other territories.

The Incas were successful at conquering so many territories largely because they could efficiently grow and send out extra food

The European continent is an interesting case study of the divided between Eastern and Western Europe. The divided is an older issue rooted in historical events in modern European history. History allows understanding of what drives the divided in Europe into the contemporary times. Eastern Europe has specific regional issues that divide it from Western Europe. The most important are the weak governments and economics. The lack of strength in government allowed for the rise of empires to take over the region; sadly, this leads to the ethnic division within the regions, as people groups moved to different parts of an empire. The combination of the rule of empire helped to strengthen the weak economics, lack political

How can the entire Inca empire that consisted of millions of people be decimated by only 200 Europeans? The answer is is inequality. Inequality has been around since people started civilizations, Mainly the Europeans. The Europeans were able to decimate entire cultures because they had Suitable crops, domesticable animals, immunity to many diseases, and steel, and all of those are affected by geography climate and pure luck.

As Jared Diamond states multiple times it comes down to “geographic luck.”-Guns,Germs and Steel. The main parts were climate and how hot it was. Livestock how the animals shaped out. Personally I think the biggest one is diseas. “Climate and access to natural resources and farmable animals are what matters most.”-Jared Diamond. Trainable livestock that listens to you helps you heard and have food to live. also the terrain people had to go threw took a toll on their environment too. Germs and diseases spread very fast in the native americans life. Population decreased as they spread through populated villages. According to Jared Diamond “livestock also plays a significant role in a civilization's ability to become rich and powerful.” Without this places like New Guinea can not advance to become powerful and rich. This is why I think location is such a big part because it depends on it to be able to live a destained

The first inequality that geography caused was the development of agriculture in areas such as Eurasia, versus the lack of development in places such as Papua New Guinea. Geographic location changes what crops can grow by affecting the climate of the given area. The climate then affects what plants can grow

Maybe some people will think human geography has no relation between physical geography. But I think human geography has a great effect on physical geography, and physical geography has a great effect on human geography too.