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What does Jared Diamond's theory say?
In his book, Diamond points out again and again how various successful expansions (including but not limited to the European conquest of the Americas) can be explained sufficiently by looking only at ...
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What does Jared Diamond's theory say?
There was a one gigantic difference between the 'new' (Americas) and 'old' world: domesticatable animals. It turns out the vast majority of animals cannot be domesticated, and almost all only existed ...
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What does Jared Diamond's theory say?
It's not so much racial anything as the fact that populations in some areas had had recurring exposure to smallpox. Smallpox was quite deadly and very catchy and for people whose ancestors had never ...
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Who in US Congress with close ties to militias & white power groups suggested the US government had "real culpability" in Oklahoma City Bombing/1995?
Rep. Steve Stockman received a cryptic fax the morning of the bombing, and there was some controversy around the timing and order of who his office forwarded it on to and when. The NRA may or may not ...
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