Remake of Remake of Do you agree with Jared Diamond's argument about civilizations? by Danny De Velis https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16 Question 8 from the viewing guide to "Guns, Germs, and Steel" asked if you agree with Diamond's argument that of a civilizations' ability to gain power, wealth, and strength "...what's more important is the hand that people have been dealt, the raw materials they've had at their disposal." Why or why not? Use examples from the video to support your answer. en-us 2020-10-14 12:50:46 UTC 2020-10-14 12:58:30 UTC hello@padlet.com I agree with the statement because places with less natural resources were forced to adapt to the situation. They weren't able to advance as much as others because they had to keep adapting because of their lack of resources. cyeomans1 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828398971 2020-10-14 12:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828398971 Logan Phesay https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399188 I do agree that the materials given to people will affect greatly the speed of their progression in relation to others. While survival is possible in most places on earth there is a certain threshold as to which people are able to progress; given the natural resources they are provided

]]> 2020-10-14 12:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399188 Luke Joseph https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399379  I agree with Jared Diamond when he says of a civilizations ability to gain power,
wealth, and strength, “...what’s far more important is the hand that people have been dealt, the raw materials they’ve had at their disposal.” Different civilizations developed differently based on the materials they had. Those who were able to domesticate animals, such as cows, pigs, sheep, and goats had more resources than those who weren’t. For example, the people who lived in the Middle East had some of the best crops/animals in the world at their disposal. While, New Guineans only had bananas, taro, and pigs. As a result, Middle Easterners were able to focus on developing new technology, such as making plaster and iron tools. Whereas, New Gineans were protein sufficient, and had to focus on gathering food, rather than developing new technology. Middle Eastern civilizations had more materials at their disposal, therefore they were able to be more successful than New Guineans civilizations. In conclusion, the raw materials a civilization has, greatly impacts how successful they are.
]]> 2020-10-14 12:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399379 Charlie George. I do agree with what Jared Diamond said, because it is very hard for a civilization to gain power and prominence in a world where they didn't get a good hand of cards dealt to them. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399635 2020-10-14 12:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399635 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399644 I am neutral about it. Sometimes you had to depend on the raw materials that you would have at disposal while other times you can create technology by yourself or with one another.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399644 Cassidy Chan cchan134 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399748
Why not, because it is how they use their resources to their advantage, making them wealthy enough to help defend their civilization from what they believe is danger.

]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399748 Dora https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399829 I agree with Jared Diamond, because this connects to his statement about geographical luck, and there are many examples of civilizations which thrived because of good climates and materials of a land, or had to move because of lack of it. One of these examples can be seen back in question 7, because the people who lived in the Fertile Crescent eventually did not have enough resources at their disposal, and they got lucky because there was suitable land at the same latitude, and moved there. Then they thrived, but if they had stayed in the Fertile Crescent without enough resources, they probably would have died out.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399829 Jessica Li https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399921 I agree with Jared Diamond because no kind of people are smarter than any others, so the advantage that people from certain places had was the raw materials that they got out of luck. For example, the people from the Middle East were no smarter than the people from New Guinea, however, the Middle Easterners had many more advantages such as better crops and better livestock that gave them a better chance to be more advanced.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828399921 Jed Muzac https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400096 I agree with Jared Diamond's claim, and what he says about a civilization’s ability to gain power. Resources and environment are key factors in civilization growth. For example, people in the Fertile Crescent had fertile land, and preferred climate to grow crops. The animals in the region also provided clothing, food, and a way of transportation. New Guinea had a humid climate which was unpreferred for growing crops, and only had animals that were used for food not for transportation or clothing.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400096 Georgia Ryan https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400141 I do agree with Jared Diamond. Some settlements may have settled in places that happened to have certain animals and plants that were only there. Some may have settled in places without many, and therefore it is harder to survive there.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400141 Maura Hatala https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400150 I agree with his statement because if the people of the fertile crescent had been dealt the same climate and agricultural resources as the people of New Guinea, then there would have been the exact same experiences. Humans can only adapt so much to certain situations so much before there's not much else they can change to sustain themselves. ]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400150 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400186 I agree with ]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400186 I disagree with him. Although they may be trained due to their "hand" basic skills as shown would have been more useful in most areas. Building huts, houses, things like that. Even hunting, wouldn't be as useful. Imagine they got the chance to go somewhere else, they would be confused and completely out of touch with what they can do. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400426 2020-10-14 12:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828400426 Valeria https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401017 I agree with Diamond because even though the New Guineans were very resourceful, the climate they lived in wasn’t so good for planting crops. Without these crops, animals that they wanted to eat, couldn't eat.

]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401017 Mia White mwhite281 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401173 I agree with Jared Diamond because the advantages of a climate and location that different people are in effects their ability to advance. No one starts off better than anyone else, but the materials that you have can either work to your advantage or disadvantage. ]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401173 waldy delrosario https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401283 i agree because the crops and animals are something that is very important when it comes to ancient civilization. some of the stuff is hard to get than other settlements.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401283 Ofira Lam https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401424 I do agree with Diamond's statement. While places like the fertile crescent were bountiful in resources like crops and animals, and the climate was beneficial for growing and preserving crops, New Guinea has almost none of these. In New Guinea, they only had pigs that were imported from different countries, and the plants they were able to grow were difficult to grow and they were low on protein. They still had to hunt for food. However, I also believe that a big factor would be how they use the resources they have.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401424 Julia Illanes https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401514
I agree because I think he is trying to say that the amount of effort that people had gone through to achieve wealth and strength and evolve in culture should be more acknowledged. They had sacrificed a lot in order to succeed, for example they went through starvation and illness and migration.


]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401514 Rama https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401518 I agree with Diamond.The geographic location of people plays a big role on their life and how they thrive. Especially the people who had lived in the fertile crescent,really thrived because they had resources that were closer to them because they had more surrounding places like Europe and Asia. But the people in New Guinea struggled more with getting resources because of where they are located.]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401518 Creighton Banitt cbanitt https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401641
I agree because geography is incredibly influential to the way that people live, and as shown with the domestication of animals, especially when you contrast places like the Middle East and New Guinea, geography can make or break civilizations. Even though the people of New Guinea are just as capable as any other civilization, they are much poorer due to their geographical luck.

]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401641 Brandon Harris https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401800 I agree. Without the proper resources, you can’t really do anything. You can’t plant without good soil, you can’t eat without good food, and you can’t build without good materials.


]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828401800 Aidan Tran https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402078 Yes, because many people settled down in places that were rich in resources such as crops and livestock allowing them to thrive and have more people, where some people settled in places with worse crops or livestock.

]]> 2020-10-14 12:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402078 Jeilyn Martinez jmartinez1223 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402613 I do agree with Jared Diamond because the materials that people were provided with heavily determined how their civilization progressed. New Guineans were not supplied with the materials to prosper in the same way as people in the Middle East due to their geographic location, but were able to survive because of their resourcefulness and ability to survive with what was supplied. ]]> 2020-10-14 12:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402613 I agree because geographic location, climate, and the animals that are foreign to the land are very important because you have to have good soil, good either, specific animals to help you farm and for protein, and climate because like the video stated, if your climate was very dry you could store food for a long amount of time which is very important. bhuang101 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402935 2020-10-14 12:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402935 I agree, raw materials definitely impact a civilization’s ability to achieve all these things, but knowledge is essential to use the resources they have. You could have all the materials in the world and not have the knowledge or mindset to use them to your best of ability. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402998 2020-10-14 12:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828402998 Jackie Hanlon jhanlon21 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828403170 I agree because people get like better food depending on where they are. A lot of advantages come from a good geographical locathion.]]> 2020-10-14 12:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828403170 owen https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828403872
Yes i do because without those materials it is very very hard to become and sustain a successful civilization. An example of a society that has been dealt a bad hand so to speak is Papua new guinea. They did not have natural resources such as horses,oxen ,wheat,barley etc all materials and animals that helped other societies advance so quickly. Therefore it is far more important what raw materials a group etc has at their disposal

]]> 2020-10-14 12:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828403872 Lauren Chin https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828404567 I agree because they knew that settling down in places with good resources and rich land was beneficial to their culture. ]]> 2020-10-14 12:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828404567 Phineas Manasse-Latham https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828405363 I agree with Jared Diamond when he says of a civilizations ability to gain power, wealth, and strength, “...what’s far more important is the hand that people have been dealt, the raw materials they’ve had at their disposal.” This is because some factors that are the most important are what you start out with, since it is much harder to start with nothing that to start with an abundance of resources.

]]> 2020-10-14 12:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828405363 Talia Cerqueira https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828408365 Yes I do agree with Jared Diamond because domesticated crops and animals played a huge role in the ancient civilizations and since the people of the Middle East had access to many of these crops and animals they were given a huge advantage. If the people of New Guinea were to have lived in this Fertile Crescent that is the Middle East they would have been able to create a prosperous civilization as well. New Guineans and Middle Easterners had the same amount of intelligence, but one had more geographical luck than the other.

]]> 2020-10-14 12:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828408365 Rama Bah https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828415355 2020-10-14 12:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/4exhbtryi5mjpe16/wish/828415355