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Originally Posted by ubertuber
Imperialism and colonialism are proximate causes - they are causes that are themselves effects of the ultimate causes that Guns, Germs, and Steel addresses.
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Ummm... No. Even though I shouldn't, I'm gonna' quote Wikipedia here.
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...The Chinese possessed guns, germs, and steel before Europeans did, yet the Chinese did not impose a program of colonialism, enslavement, or genocide on peoples with whom the Chinese came into contact through the hemispheric voyages of Zheng He.
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So, assuming what you say is true, then why isn't Europe under Chinese rule? As I said in my earlier post,
Guns, Germs, and Steel can't answer this question, because it over-simplifies human interaction by arguing that European dominance is a result of favorable environmental factors.