Guns Germs & Steel — Season 1, Episode 3: Into the Tropics
Documentary, War & Politics • 60 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favoured one group of people – Europeans – endowing them with agents of conquest ahead of their rivals around the world.
About Guns Germs & Steel
A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively. He argues it is due to the acquisition of guns and steel and the changes brought about by germs.