After watching the Guns, Germs and Steel series about why the europeans conquer the world. I would agree with Jared Diamond and his explanation of how the Europeans were able to conquer an take over world. Throughout the series Jared points out many great ideas on how the Europeans were so successful in their journeys. Europeans greatest strength was their geographical location which brought them the most productive crops and animals on the planet. Jared says, "People around the world who had access to the most productive crops becomes the most productive farmers".
The great military debate that has existed for decades attributes to which firearm has the better rifle platform, Eugene Stoner’s M-16 or Mikhail Kalishnikov’s AK-47? Both are used extensively by police and military forces around the world. These two weapons platforms have been going head to head against each other in various military conflicts around the world for nearly 50 years. Still, each seems to shine in their own particular way. As a primary infantry weapon of modern military forces, these two types of assault rifles have become the most widely used firearms in the world.
The musket, armed with its bayonet as well as the cannon proved to be worthy weaponry advancements in the infantry together with various pistols. The Civil War introduced the revolving pistol as well as the Gatling gun which enabled soldiers to produce rapid fire and destroy enemies in large quantities with a single round. New technological advancements in transportation such as the railroad, enabled large quantities of troops to travel to a given area in nearly half the amount of time. However, the turn of the twentieth introduced new technological advancements in the country as well as the military. This ignited a century of technological advancements in the military that has enabled the United States to excel in militaristic domination.
Name: Course: Instructor: Date: “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond The key theme of Jared Diamond’s book “Guns, Germs, and Steel” is the history of societies and cultures as well as their place in that history. In 1998, it won the prize for a nonfiction book and became the national best seller that year. Diamond caught the attention of the public by his book with a fascinating account of more than 13000 years of human evolution and development. He contends that the lapses in power and technology in the human societies originated from differentiated environments. The author argues that while cultural or genetic make-up has favored Eurasians regarding resistance to endemic diseases and development of writing earlier than on the other
There were many technological advancements that helped King Leopold and his troops conquer and exploit the natives in Congo. One of the most important new technologies that aided Leopold’s effort was the new medicine available. There was new medicine that could prevent his troops from catching malaria and other deadly diseases, so they could go into Africa without worrying about getting sick. Another new advancement that helped King Leopold’s troops conquer the natives was the new guns that were available. The new guns that were being produced were much faster to reload and way more accurate than the slow, bulky muskets they used to use.
Since the kingdoms and societies using this vehicle in war were found to be superior based on the size of their chariots, it became a master weapon and spread all over the world within a short time. Development and Expansion of the United States The Gold rush of 1849 and presence of a navigable river system were the most significant physical geographical factors that contributed to the development and expansion of the United States. In the 1800s, several natural resources were discovered in the country, for instance, the
“Firearms reached Japan in A.D. 1543, when two Portuguese adventurers armed with harquebuses (primitive guns) arrived on a Chinese cargo ship. The Japanese were so impressed by the new weapon that they commenced indigenous gun production, greatly improved gun technology, and by A.D. 1600 owned more and better guns than any other country in the world” (p 238). I chose this quote because it shows how remarkable humans actually are. Humans are capable of practically anything and when they see something that the find interesting, they will create a bigger badder and more deadly version of it on their own. This quote explains what it truly means to be human and to keep on advancing which is how we have gotten to be the top of the food
A major contributor to the pace of continents and their developments is the landmass of each continent. Eurasia had a climate that was similar in all regions, so it was easy for crops to migrate between the areas. This was
The Impact of Technology on the Armed Forces Abstract The paper will look at how technology has impacted on certain sections of the armed forces, focusing on how modern developments in computer hardware and software are helping to revolutionise the military forces. The aim is to show how the military use modern technology and Information systems to reduce costs and maximise usage of all its components. 1.0 Introduction Information systems have been around for decades and are growing more and more powerful. Berkowitz suggests that ‘The next wars will be fought not just on battlefields but also in the world’s computer systems...No-one has felt the effects of the Information revolution more that the world’s military forces’ (1). The technology used has advanced with time and as time has passed, this technology became the central nerve system of the military.
However, with this prospect comes the possibility that the former country may have its own interests in the matter. That is, other than solving the overdue structural problems of the latter country. Though at times described as extreme, Pritchett’s own solution to unequal global economies is to develop “a giant guest-worker program that would put millions of the world’s poorest people to work in the richest economies.” Essentially, Pritchett proposes that if we as the United States really want to help low-income countries, the