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Is geography destiny? After years of research, Professor Diamond believes that the answer is yes. Professor Diamond is an author of a book called “Guns, Germs, and Steel.” Diamond believes the world is unequal between developing and developed nations. In other words, the key to everything is through geography. Diamond believes this because with the right geography they can prosper. That who does develop or conquered the areas with the right geography is by guns, germs, and steel. The domestication of large farm animals was the key in helping the people of Mesopotamians had a 5,000 head start with the large farm animals. They had cows, sheep, pigs, and cows. Many of these animals produced milk, and provided meat, and fur. The animals even helped with the farming, for example the Mesopotamians made a plow that they hooked to the animals and helped them with their farming. Diamond has been to New Guinea normally he was normally there to study birds. In New Guinea they hunt and gather. The women gather trees while the men hunt. Usually the women would cut the trees for sago, this is very time consuming. The men normally wouldn’t bring any meat back because they don’t have the right geography as Diamond said. When Diamond was in New Guinea his friend Yaeli asked an important question, it was “Why do white men have more cargo then us New Guineans?” This is how diamond got his theory. Food and protein are very hard to find for the New Guineans, but in the Middle East it is not hard at all. The Middle East has wheat and barley this was more nutrient then sago. In the Middle East they can garden there food so then when it is hot they don’t have to go and garden. They store it in food house. In New Guinea if they garden there food and store it, it will go bad. In the Middle East they got a 5,000 head start because they knew how to farm. They made tool to help them garden, for example they made a plow that hooked up to the large farm animals. A great example of the right geography is the Conquistadors. The Conquistadors toke over the Incas. They had the right geography because they had the right tools to take them over such as swords, and even guns. The Incas were scared of the Conquistadors because they rode on there animals. The Incas didn’t not do this because they didn’t have horses, they had animals that helped them farm. The Incas thought it was weird to wear pans on there head but it was actually a helmet. One day the Conquistadors went to the middle of the village, and the Incas had no idea who they were messing with. The Conquistadors wanted to show the Inca leader there religion so they bought the Bible. The Inca leader had no idea what it was, he threw it to the ground and had no idea what to do. The Conquistadors got so mad that they killed most of the Incas with there swords. Pizzara grabbed the leader and they didn’t kill him until a couple days later.  By Casey