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Guns Germs And Steel Essay

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Guns, Germs and Steel Essay In 1920 American women were allowed to vote. While in Papa New Guinea people were trying to find a more efficient way of farming. This shows just how unequal our world is. So what causes inequality? The cause of inequality is due to geography. Farming and domesticated animals is where the problem started. After domesticated animals, came steel leading to the exposure of germs. For a civilization to succeed it needs a steady source of crops, domesticated animals, production of steel, and early exposure to germs. A huge factor that affects a civilization's development is what can be grown in your region. An ideal food supply would be high in protein, have a surplus of calories, and long-term storage. The Fertile Crescent had a spectacular food source; they had wheat which supplied high protein, surplus of calories, and had long term storage. Smaller civilizations such as Papa New Guinea harvest sago. Sago is a type of tree …show more content…

The armor protected them from other weapons and people. The Inca’s on the other hand, did not have steel because of their wet climate, and no specialists. The Inca’s had stone but with the power of the Spaniards steel the Inca’s were defenseless. The Spanish and the Inca’s came into contact and the Spaniards ended up taking all of the inca’s land. Due to the latitude of the Inca’s they couldn’t produce steel because of the climate and lack of specialists creating inequality once again. Exposure to epidemic disease affects the development of civilization by immunity; if we hadn’t been exposed to germs such as smallpox we would be still having a problem with it today. The spanish developed an immunity to smallpox by having domesticated animals. The domesticated animals actually carried smallpox and germs. The spanish worked with the animals and developed an immunity to smallpox. The Inca’s however ,did not have an immunity. They weren't exposed to domesticated

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