Guns, Germs And Steel By Jared Diamond

Geography and Exploration have affected the world and our society in many different ways. I believe Geography and Exploration both have contributed to the fact that Europeans are today seen as part of the most developed countries. This is because of the geographical luck Europeans had since the beginning, according to the Guns Germs and Steel theory, the explorations and the columbian exchange giving Europeas the possibility to ameliorate their technology and establish trade, and the fact that Europeans exploited other tribes, becoming rich on the local’s costs.

A Theory called Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond says that Geographical luck is the reasons why Europeans are more developed today. Jared Diamond believes that the success of a society is not based on intelligence and ingenuity but on geography, food production, germs, the domestication of animals, and the discovery and use of steel. Geographical Luck is defined as the luck a country has, depending on where it lies. Luck is defined by the

Quickly after Europeans had discovered their new land, they build up colonies and soon began exploiting the locals. Indigenous tribes such as the Incas, the Mayas or Native american tribes were annihilated by Europeans. Some deliberately and others through diseases and germs. The indigenous cultures also soon perished, due to Europeans starting to impose religions, mainly Roman Catholicism. -- Additionally, millions of slaves were traded from Africa to the Americas. Agreements with African tribal leaders were made for them to sell their young men and women to the colonial leader. Some bigger African tribes even sold people from smaller tribes which they had captured. The slave trade would have been impossible without the coercion of the African