Not in Class

Not in class today, I can't wait for Western Civilization!

Human Geo

Today in human geo we watched the video in guns, germs and steel. Three ways that main civilizations stayed alive and running. Some of the big dynasties are the Greeks, Egyptians, Mayans ans Romans. They were not the typical hunters and gatherers. They went outside the box and made revolutionary weapons and spread unknown diseases to the other intruding groups. The man who wrote the book is the guy that I talked about last time, Jared Diamond. He went to Papua New Guinea. That is one of the only places that there are still hunters and gatherers. They said that we have so much stuff or cargo as they like to say. In a clip in the movie, a group of people from the 20's came and they showed there stuff to the guineans. They were a bit of a showoff and the Guineans took that as if they are much better than them. They are very smart though. They were able to build a fort in a very small amount of time.

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Jared Diamond

     Before I start typing I need to say two things. One this blog may suck because I have a migraine so I can't focus. Two Mr. Schick you need to change your blog title from Human Geo 2012 to Human Geo 2013. Your welcome.

     Jared Diamond is a American professor of geography at the University of Los Angeles. He wrote two books and they are Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed and Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. He has won awards on these books. He has received the genius award. He does researches such as Asia and Europe are more advances in the field of technology. He has been to lots of expeditions Papua New Guinea. He is environmental friendly. He speaks to the natives in their language. He studies the evolution of birds which is a study that has been uncovered. He is a best selling author as well. 

     Guns, Germs and Steel is a book that explains why Eurasian civilizations and Northern Africa conquered and survived Diamond argues that the holes in power and technology between human societies begin in environmental disagreements, which are produced by lots positive feedback loops. Weapons made the outnumbered civilizations win over the much larger armies. The first part explains that some of the civilizations have advanced while others have not. Some just would not advance technology wise with new weaponry, protection and tools. Some had to work harder because some people and dynasties were at a land that need to be fertilized. With the bigger ones there crops grew automatically and they were able to get money and trade better with more crops.  

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