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15. Guns, Germs and Steel gives us Diamond's explanation

Reply to fadedrose (Reply #14)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 12:55 AM

Sep 2013

for the technological gap of pre-Columbian North and South America. It also explains why native North Americans were so vulnerable to European diseases, mostly small pox. I'm not familiar with Diamond's other books. I mostly read fiction these days.

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You might read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared M. Diamond Enthusiast Sep 2013 #7

Which of these do you think I should start with? fadedrose Sep 2013 #14

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