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Guns Germs & Steel

20052h 45m / epDocumentary · War & Politics

First aired

July 11, 2005

6.5

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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 the Series

DocumentaryWar & Politics

Synopsis

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.

CreatorJared Diamond