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Guns Germs & Steel

6.5(31)
First Aired:July 11, 2005
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:3
Status:Ended

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.

Cast

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

Self

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Out of Eden

E1Out of Eden

60m

Jul 11, 2005

Jared Diamond’s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New Guinea

Conquest

E2Conquest

60m

Jul 11, 2005

On November 15th 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrive in the holy city of Cajamarca, at the heart of the Inca Empire, in Peru. They are exhausted, outnumbered and terrified – ahead of them are camped 80,000 Inca troops and the entourage of the Emperor himself. Yet, within just 24 hours, more than 7,000 Inca warriors lie slaughtered; the Emperor languishes in chains; and the victorious Europeans begin a reign of colonial terror which will sweep through the entire American continent.

Into the Tropics

E3Into the Tropics

60m

Jul 10, 2005

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.

Storyline

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.

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