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Guns, germs and steel

            The Brooklyn Museum of Art has an extraordinary collection of Egyptian, Islamic, Asian and African art. The museum houses over one million objects from ancient Egypt to contemporary art and represents almost every culture. They make note that the Egyptian art is separated from the African art because part historians viewed Egypt as a separate culture that had little contact with or influence from the rest of the continent. The museum does note that times and attitudes are changing and that mostly black scholars have pushed for Egypt to be recognized as an advanced African civilization that has customs and language patterns similar to western and sub-Saharan Africa. .
             The first section I visited was "Egypt and Beyond", which began with a collection of Assyrian art filled with half-man/half animal images much like the walls of Egypt. Many ancient cultures believed in several gods and mythical creatures including the Greeks, Africans and Native Americans. Egyptians were farmers, fisherman, herders and hunters who depended on nature and attributed divine powers to the elements. The Nile River is carved as a fat man holding a tray filled with food. Most of the pieces I saw were meant to be used not admired. Tablets and papyrus reeds were the main forms of written communications and display the beautiful art of hieroglyphics. From water jugs to tools to cosmetic cases Egyptians left us with an abundance of objects to be studied and admired.
             Islamic art spans over 1,300 years from Spain, the Middle East and Asia. It evolved from nomadic roots of the Turkoman tribes into the art of ancient Iran. The Islamic art collection also had many objects that were meant to be used as well as admired. There were many prayers rugs and wash basins on display because followers of Islam pray five times daily and must cleanse their hands, face and feet before each prayer session. One wash bowl was adorned with the design of a peacock which is a symbol of royalty in their faith.


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... causation that made some societies superior to others. Although Diamond's conclusion that the continental axes determined the mobility of domesticated plants and animals, which in turn facilitated the production of guns, germs, and steel, is very plausible, it raises another question. If historically it was guns, germs, and steel that placed certain societies a cut above the rest, what is it that allows America to dominate the rest of the ... world today? If one closely examines all the aspects of American society, it is evident that there are three factors governing America's dominatio...

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2. Book Review - Guns, Germs, and Steel

... to the development of their civilizations. To simplify, he supported his theory by providing a main reason: geography. Geography is a huge topic, in Guns, Germs and Steel, which focuses on the weather, topography, latitude, crops and animal domestication on each continent. He discovered that since the geographical features listed above are more favorable on the Eurasian continent, the civilization from Eurasia ... affects the temperature, the weather and the environment of the land. The species of crop and livestock the European had were not suitable to live in the tropical area. The ge...

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... Why is that so much of our world was dominated by Europeans? This is a question that has never been fully explained. In Guns, Germs and Steel, Diamond attempts to answer this question but first begins by bringing forth and then dispelling some common estimations. One of the most common ideas is that there are simply biological differences between races. This theory is flawed for many ... . While these things were obviously contributing factors in the European conquests, that still does not explain why they had the guns, germs and steel, and other societies did not. The tactic of bringing...

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6. Guns, Germs, And Steel

... Spaniards about five hundred years ago. Why did this event come about? One might say that the Spaniards possessed more advanced technology in the form of better weapons such as guns and killer germs that the Indians had never seen before. Riding on exotic animals (to the Native Americans) known as horses, the Spaniards decimated a mighty Native American empire with only a handful of ... be asked. What caused writing to develop in Spain? Why did writing not arise in the Inca empire? This process of analysis and discovery of proximate causes resulting from more ultimate causes forms the b...

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