Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1997)

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   Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed de Jared Diamond (infiniteletters)
2. 122
   1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus de Charles C. Mann (VisibleGhost, electronicmemory)
3. 94
   A Short History of Nearly Everything de Bill Bryson (Percevan)
4. 51
   The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor de David S. Landes (Oct326)

   Oct326: La tesi centrale del saggio di Diamond è che la causa dominante dei disuguali gradi di sviluppo tra popolazioni umane sia data dalle condizioni ambientali più o meno favorevoli. Il saggio di Landes ha un argomento un po' differente, e cioè il disuguale grado di sviluppo economico e di ricchezza tra popolazioni. Ma sulle cause di queste differenze è più articolato, e mette in rilievo l'importanza dei fattori culturali. È un punto di vista piuttosto diverso, e questo rende interessante il confronto tra le due opere.… (mais)

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   The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate de Robert D. Kaplan (TomWaitsTables)
6. 40
   Maps of Time : An Introduction to Big History de David Christian (questbird)

   questbird: Big History is a multidisciplinary approach (like Diamond's) which integrates the origin of the universe, deep time, human prehistory and history.

7. 40
   Sapiens: Uma Breve Historia da Humanidade de Yuval Noah Harari (Percevan)

   Percevan: Both books are eminently throwing light on the big lines in human history

8. 30
   The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community de William H. McNeill (wildbill)

   wildbill: William McNeill chronicles the struggle between nomad and sedentary peoples in a book that continues the themes of Guns, Germs and Steel

9. 30
   Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today de David P. Clark (infiniteletters)
10. 20
    The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History de Molly Caldwell Crosby (John_Vaughan)
11. 20
    From Dawn to Decadence de Jacques Barzun (MusicMom41)

    MusicMom41: Guns, Germs and Steel makes a great “prelude’ to Barzun’s book From Dawn to Decadence.

12. 20
    The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry de Bryan Sykes (Percevan)
13. 10
    The Physics of Life: The Evolution of Everything de Adrian Bejan (br77rino)
14. 10
    The horse, the wheel and language de David W. Anthony (tcg17321)
15. 10
    Understanding China: Learning from China's Past, Present, and Future de Stefan Piech (frenchkisses, Usuário anônimo)
16. 10
    Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors de Nicholas Wade (IslandDave)
17. 10
    Wild: An Elemental Journey de Jay Griffiths (hohlwelt)

    hohlwelt: Complements very well with what Jared Diamond misses and vice versa.

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    Children of the Ice Age: How a Global Catastrophe Allowed Humans to Evolve de Steven M. Stanley (br77rino)

    br77rino: Children of the Ice Age is an excellent anthropological discussion of the link that became homo sapiens. Guns, Germs, and Steel covers the more recent territory of racial evolution within homo sapiens.

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    The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined de Steven Pinker (Percevan)

    Percevan: Both books are eminently throwing light on the big lines in human history

20. 00
    Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past de David Reich (Cynfelyn)

    Cynfelyn: Who We Are and How We Got Here (2018) is a genetic interpretation successor to the cultural interpretation of Guns, Germs and Steel (1997).

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