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        <title><![CDATA[In order to  better understand what happened. The proximate cause of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In order to  better understand what happened. The proximate cause of being stuck on the highway is that the car broke down. The ultimate cause is that you did not put enough gas in to get to your destination which caused the car to quit. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel,&quot; why is it important to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel,&quot; why is it important to differentiate between proximate and ultimate causes?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the three major elements that separete the world's  haves and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the three major elements that separete the world's  haves and have nots.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:20:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The horses were so effective because the Incas had never seen them...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The horses were so effective because the Incas had never seen them before, so combined with the weapons, the charging man armed with a gun on horseback was a terrifying sight. &quot;Another factor in Pizarro’s victory over the Incas was the use of horses. Even though the Incas outnumbered the Spaniards five hundred to one, the combination of the Spaniards’ guns and soldiers on horses proved lethal.&quot; &#160;]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel&quot;, why were horses so effective in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel&quot;, why were horses so effective in Pizarro's fight against the Inca?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:32:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Diamond asserts that whites have been more dominate over the natives...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Diamond asserts that whites have been more dominate over the natives because of environmental influences.  He denies any racial superiority of whites over other races, instead focusing on the non-racial impacts, for exampleThe importance of farming and the development of farming in specific regions. The climates in certain areas were more condusive to the growth of important crops - leaving areas that were not prime for farming less...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:05:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the thesis and main arguments in &quot;Guns, Germs and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the thesis and main arguments in &quot;Guns, Germs and Steel&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:45:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chapter 2, A Natural Experiment of History, Diamond talks about the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chapter 2, A Natural Experiment of History, Diamond talks about the Polynesian Islands which represent a test case for his theory.  The case in this chapter seems to indicate that his thesis is correct.In Chapter 4 (Farmer Power) and Chapter 5 (History's Haves and Have Nots), we see the importance of the development of food production. In Chapter 18 (Hemispheres Colliding), the author illustrates his theory with two examples from two...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:04:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What chapters discuss technology, war, social hierarchy, farming, trade,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What chapters discuss technology, war, social hierarchy, farming, trade, religion, or disease/lifespan?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:42:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Which chapters are particularly stronger than others in supporting the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Which chapters are particularly stronger than others in supporting the author's thesis? ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[You will find them on pages 249-251.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You will find them on pages 249-251.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond says he wrote the book in response to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond says he wrote the book in response to a question from a New Guinean named Yali.  Yali's question was this:  &quot;Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own&quot;(Diamond, 14).  After thinking about the question for a while, Diamond saw that the true question was much more broad and universal than Yali's initial...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:17:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the book &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel&quot;, how did Diamond reword...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the book &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel&quot;, how did Diamond reword the major question which inspired his book?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:59:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[According to Diamond there are many variables that contribute the one...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[According to Diamond there are many variables that contribute the one group's receptivity to new inventions over others.&quot;He believes that the success of a society is not based on intelligence and ingenuity but instead on geography, food production, germs and immunity, the domestication of animals, and the discovery and use of steel.&quot; Seven reasons are listed in the above paragraph.  Others include: -A society's ability to move from...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:43:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the 14 different theories about the receptivity to new...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the 14 different theories about the receptivity to new inventions of society in &quot;Guns, Germs, and Steel&quot;?  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:01:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Which chapters in Guns, Germs, and Steel are stronger and which are...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Which chapters in Guns, Germs, and Steel are stronger and which are problematic?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Your question addresses the belief that Europeans were able to conquer...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Your question addresses the belief that Europeans were able to conquer so many other nations and peoples because they were considered superior to other races of people.  Jared Diamond sets out to disprove this theory by presenting us with his argument, nature vs. nuture.&quot;Major portions of the Eurasian area, Diamond points out, had a natural advantage in agriculture because of the presence of plants and animals that were easily...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Jared Diamond's thesis?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Jared Diamond's thesis?]]></description>
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