Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name by Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel traces the past 13,000 years of human history—from the rise of agriculture at the end of the last Ice Age to the 1920s real life. first century. Inspired by a question posed to him more than three decades ago on the island of Papua New Guinea, Diamond embarked on a global quest to understand the roots of global inequality.
Why did Europeans conquer so much of our planet? Why didn’t the Chinese or the Incas become masters of the world? Why were cities in the Middle East formed first? Why did agriculture never appear in Australia? Why is the tropics now the global poverty capital?
Diamond finds both his theories and his own mettle tested as he scans through the layers of history to uncover the fundamental environmental factors shaping human destiny.
Filmed in high-definition digital video on four continents, the three-hour show combines ambitious theatrical reconstructions with moving documentary and computer animation. It also includes contributions from Diamond himself, as well as numerous international historians, archaeologists and scientists.
Guns, Germs, and Steel is an exciting journey through the elemental forces that shaped our world – and continue to shape our future.
Episodes included:
1. Out of Eden,
2. Conquest,
3. Tropics.
