Day -8 .........took aQuiz

Q. Describe Jarred Diamonds theory of geographic luck.

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    Jared Diamond,a professor at UCLA,made a theory that civilizations depend of geographic luck. He doesn't mean that that's the only thing they dip end on, but that's a big part of a civilization.

    Being geographically blessed is a good thing for a growing civilization. Papua New Guinea was geographically blessed. They are and island with provides water, and less intruders trying to invade their land. Another feature is that they have many animals and plants that help them survive. For example, deer for food and trees for
 sago. Also they didn't have to worrying about sharing or fighting over land. Another geographically blessed place is the fertile crescent. They had the right climate for growing crops. They had a lot of animals and large Fields for farming. The fertile crescent is even better the Papua New Guinea geographically.

    Being geographically blessed is a wonderful thing, they also have negatives. Papua New Guinea is an island so they are farther away from some countries. Being farther away is a negative because you cant advance technologically if your neighboring country is. Being closer is crucial because of the lack of advancement for the New Guineans.
  The fertile crescent, on the other hand had barely and negatives except for one. This negative is huge and threatening to civilizations. This negative was volcanic eruptions. The people of the fertile crescent quickly moved on when volcanoes started to erupt. But other then that the natives of the fertile crescent were very blessed.
 
    Jared Diamonds theory is very true and things support his theory but there can be some flaws to his theory. The theory of being geographically blessed is huge for striving settlements.