Today in class we continued watching the documentary
centered around Guns, Germs, and Steel, a story about how Eurasian
countries began to differ so much in technology and knowledge. We started class
by watching part two and continued into part four, where we stopped at six and
a half minutes in. During the video we learned that the reason some societies
can to differ so much was the mere factor of plants and geographical luck. Some
of the plants grown in the Middle East where the first farmers were, were wheat
and barley. These plants helped the people of the Middle East, because the
plants were so plentiful and they were also very nutritious. Some of the crops
grown in America (both north and south) were corn, squash, and other grain
types. Next time we watch this documentary I hope that we will know what else
might decide the fate of a civilization.
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