Guns Germs And Steel Summary

In the video of ‘Guns, Germs, and Steel: Part II: Conquest’ Jared Diamond is on a mission to discover just how the Spanish Conquistadors, led by Francisco Pizarro, were so successful in conquering the globe. The Spanish Conquistadors traveled to South America reaching the Inca Empire that stretched from modern day Ecuador all the way to central Chile. The people of the Inca Empire had never seen Europeans before the Spanish Conquistadors had arrived, which was essentially a huge culture and diversity threat. Jared Diamonds theory, as mentioned in the previous episode, is that the conquest of the globe was a primary result of geography. In the New World no horses nor cattle were available to assist with farming, leaving the people to plow their own farms. Because of this …show more content…
He investigated the book, unable to understand a single word, and decided that it was pure nonsense. The Conquistadors were soon called out to kill in combat as a result of the emperor insulting their god. They killed thousands of the Incan’s present in the battle, except for the emperor in which they captured and held captive. In the 16th century, there were no cures for diseases and no way to reverse the spread of any deadly germs or viruses. Twelve years before the Spanish Conquistadors were led to South America by Fransisco Pizarro a Spanish ship sailed to Mexico. On board this ship was a man with signs of a disease called Smallpox, a disease that would spread among thousands of Americans within only weeks upon his arrival. This exposure of Smallpox would be the first deadly disease brought to the American mainland. Any human exposed to Smallpox is extremely contagious and puts many people at risk. This disease soon spread through the Incan Empire making them weaker and easier to prey on by the Spaniards. But why is it that the Europeans brought disease to the Incan’s but the Incan’s did not expose them to any deadly disease or viruses? This was because

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Summary Of Guns Germs And Steel