Scientist Jared Diamond has worked for years trying to find an answer to a question, asked to him by a New Guinean, “Why do you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?” Why did the Europeans succeeded so much more than the New Guineans? How did the Europeans have such a head start? Was it religion, trade, or another unknown aspect? Jared Diamond argues that geographic and environmental luck have been the most important factors allowing the Eurasian societies to dominate the rest of the world. Jared Diamond’s argument, geography was the reason civilizations advanced, is correct. For two reasons, the East to West axis spread, and the fact that the Europeans had better plants that were easy to farm and spread. The first reason geography was an important aspect to civilization is the East to West axis spread. First, according to document B, the East to West spread allowed Europeans to spread ideas, animals, plants, religion, language, and more throughout Europe. A main reason this spread was easy is because the continents of Europe and Asia have a large latitude,giving many places the same length of day, soil, and temperature, making it easy to travel and easy to plant the same plants successfully and domesticate the same animals. This spread also led to interconnection which gave Eurasia most of its power. According to document I, the East to West led to domesticated animals, plants, food storage, successful …show more content…
For the reasons of the East to West axis spread and Europe having better, easy to farm, plants then the Americas. This argument is very important today because it can help explain how the Europeans conquered the native Americans. If the Native Americans won, the world would be a lot different then it is today. Therefore, geography and environmental luck are the reasons Europe was able to successfully dominate the rest of the