Guns, Germs, and Steel

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Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Epilogue

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All Themes Geographic Determinism Racism, Violence, and Colonization Diffusion, Trade, and Disease Government, Centralization, and the State Technology and Creativity

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Introduction

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Detailed Summary
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Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Epilogue

Themes

All Themes
Geographic Determinism
Racism, Violence, and Colonization
Diffusion, Trade, and Disease
Government, Centralization, and the State
Technology and Creativity

Quotes

Characters

All Characters

Symbols

All Symbols
Yali’s question

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Arn, Jackson. "Guns, Germs, and Steel." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 26 Nov 2016. Web. 14 Nov 2019.

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