Slides to introduce Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel"

1. Environmental
determinism

5. “Why did wealth and
power become distributed
as they now are, rather
than in some other way?”

10. Domesticated
plants

11. Domesticated
plants

12. Domesticated
plants

13. Domesticated
animals

14. Domesticated
animals

15. Domesticated
animals

16. Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies

17. Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies

18. “Why did wealth and
power become distributed
as they now are, rather
than in some other way?”

19. Ultimate
factors
Proximate
factors

20. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
factors
Proximate
factors

21. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
ease of
factors migrations
Proximate
factors

22. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
Proximate
factors

23. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
Proximate
factors

24. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
Proximate
factors

25. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
large, dense, sedentary,
stratified societies
Proximate
factors

26. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
large, dense, sedentary,
stratified societies
Proximate advanced
technology
factors

27. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
large, dense, sedentary,
stratified societies
Proximate advanced
technology
factors
Horses

28. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
large, dense, sedentary,
stratified societies
Proximate advanced
technology
factors
Steel, guns,
Horses
sword

29. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
large, dense, sedentary,
stratified societies
Proximate advanced
technology
factors
Steel, guns, Ocean-going
Horses
sword ships

30. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
large, dense, sedentary,
stratified societies
Proximate advanced
technology
factors
Steel, guns, Ocean-going political organization
Horses
sword ships & writing

31. East/ West Axis
Ultimate
many suitable ease of
factors wild animals migrations
many domesticated plant &
animals species
food surplus & storage
large, dense, sedentary,
stratified societies
Proximate advanced
technology
factors
Steel, guns, Ocean-going political organization Epidemic
Horses
sword ships & writing disease