Friday's Class

On Friday, my class and I watched the rest of the video Mr. Schick had us watch throughout the last week. One thing that happened in the video is that Jared Diamond finally was able to answer Yali's  question, "Why you white men have so much cargo and we have so little?" His answer was the geography. Papua New Guinea had no plants that could be domesticated as well as animals. The New Guineans also didn't have any of the similarities that the most advanced civilizations of human history: A large population, a well organized work force, and advanced technology (at the time). Countries like China or countries in Europe all had those things when they first developed. These civilizations also have things like an easily domesticated plant and animal. One of the earlier civilizations of the world, Gwar learned how to utilize fire into making things like plaster to help insulate their homes. This technique was first utilized around 2,000 years after Draa, the earliest civilization emerged.

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