Role of Environment in European Conquestby Rit Nosotro What part
did environment play in allowing Eurasians to conquer the native
peoples of Africa, Australia, or the Americas? (hint: Guns,
Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond) Throughout history we witness
the rise and fall of many civilizations. Many nations exist in
different forms now than they did only fifty years ago. The
changes that the civilizations underwent thousands of years ago
provide the foundations for the current world that we see today.
But what caused specific civilizations to conquer other
civilizations? We see the strong influence of the Eurasian
civilization in all our existing cultures today. Many factors
added to this, and the environment in which the Eurasian culture
dwelled probably had a very influential role in allowing them to
conquer the other civilizations of their time. Their environment
influenced the lifestyle of these people and directly affected
the resources that they had available to them in their pursuits
of war and peace. F