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Old 10-17-2007, 04:30 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by willravel
The guns/germs/steel advantage translated to quicker advancing science, math, medicine, and engineering in Europe. Read Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel".
Yes yes... I've read it before. The book basically asserts that European dominance is/was the direct result of a favorable environment while ignoring other important factors (Such an imperialism and/or colonialism).
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