GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION

Monday, July 11, 2005 10 - 11:00 pm

This three-part series looks at academic Jared Diamond's
theories about the rise and fall of societies through the lens
of geography, technology, biology and economics -- forces
symbolized by the power of guns, germs and steel. The first
episode proposes that a society's potential for advanced
development was not determined by race or creed, or by time and
experience, but by access to domesticated animals and
cultivated plants. (CC, Stereo)

Explore our online interactive map with hot spots illuminating
Diamond's theories. Plus, start your own PBS Program Club and
talk about Diamond's theories with your friends and neighbors.

http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel