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Guns Germs & Steel(2005)

DocumentaryWar & Politics
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First Air Date: 2005-07-11
Average Runtime: 2h 45m
Rating: 6.5
Votes: 31
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3

A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively. He argues it is due to the acquisition of guns and steel and the changes brought about by germs.

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miniseries

Top Cast

Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond
Self
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)

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Seasons & Episodes

Miniseries

Episodes: 3
E01
Out of Eden

Air Date: 2005-07-11

1h 0m

Jared Diamond’s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New Guinea

E02
Conquest

Air Date: 2005-07-11

1h 0m

On November 15th 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrive in the holy city of Cajamarca, at the heart of the Inca Empir...

E03
Into the Tropics

Air Date: 2005-07-10

1h 0m

So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favoured one group of people – Europeans – endowing them with ag...

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