What is the consensus answer to why Europe conquered the Americas and not vice versa?
If technological development is "heavily adapted to the context of its culture", and that context is mostly geography ("mountainous environments") then isn't Diamond right?
Seems like the alternative is, "That's just the way it turned out," which is not very satisfying.
If technological development is "heavily adapted to the context of its culture", and that context is mostly geography ("mountainous environments") then isn't Diamond right?
Seems like the alternative is, "That's just the way it turned out," which is not very satisfying.