Prompt 2

Jared Diamond's main argument in "Why Did Human History Unfold Differently on Different Continents for the Last 13,000 Years?" was that cultures vary due to geography. Basically, cultures are different because of where they are on a global scale.
Diamond believes that the proximate factors is the technology of weapons, domestication, and other things. The ultimate factors for my Eurasia developed much faster is because of the climate is the same from east to west. The spread of ideas as well as the adaptation of animals was much easier because of the similar climates. The Eurasian continent was much bigger as well and had more animals available for domestication. This was not the case in the Americas which only had one or two animals available for adaptation and nowhere to spread the ideas to because of the extreme changes in climate where certain crops could not adapt to.
J.M. Blaut argues that Diamond's "science" is wrong and therefore cannot be reliable. He says that Diamond's methods are discredited and unreasonable.
In my faith I cannot really believe in either of these theories. If I did believe in either of these, I'd have to believe that Blaut is right. There are discrepancies in Diamond's theories. Added to that they are old and have already been disproved. Diamond does have valid points though. I just don't know who's right without researching more into the subject.