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Guns, germs and steel : the fates of human societies

by Jared Diamond

This study explores how environmental factors, agriculture, and disease shaped the development of human societies. It examines the geographical reasons behind the rise of certain civilisations while dismantling biological theories of inequality.

Accession 16629 ISBN 9780393061314 Publisher W. W. Norton & Co.
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