Application Of Jared Diamond's Theory Of Guns, Germs And Steel

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Jared Diamond's theory of Guns, Germs and Steel was that the foundation of agriculture was mainly based on geographical luck. He believed that if one didn’t have the good geographical location, one would not be able to develop in ways that other people with good location would. This was further divided into Guns, Germs, and Steel. His thesis applies to the British colonization of Australia in 1788. According to Australianmuseum.com.au, they believe the British have used guns against Aboriginals. As stated by Warren he hypothetically believes that smallpox was deliberately brought in by the British. Also stated by Pei he believes that the reason as to why Australia didn’t develop steel was because of their location and adverse climates. …show more content…

This was eventually known as the Black War. Pemulwuy was the main leader of the resistance against the white settlement taken in Botany Bay, Sydney. In 1790 Pemulwuy killed Governor Phillip's gamekeeper thinking that he had been mistreating Indigenous Aborigines. So in retaliation, the British tried to capture Pemulwuy in 1797. The British eventually captured him, wounded. Soon Pemulwuy escaped from conviction. In 1802 Pemulwuy was shot by two settlers and his head was brought to Governor King. The Aborigines fought back and hundreds of both British and Indigenous people died. The British had the upper hand because of the use of guns, it killed the Aboriginals immediately because they did not understand this new weapon that had been introduced into their land. This conclusion supports Diamond’s thesis that guns which originated from Eurasian land, had control over populations of people which therefore bequeathed to European …show more content…

He believes that smallpox was purposely brought into the Northern Sydney region as an act of warfare compelled by the increasing Indigenous opposition and a lack of ammunition of the British armed forces. Although there is strong opposition who do not believe that smallpox was introduced to Australia by the British. The people who oppose against Warren argue that the smallpox virus would have been destroyed by the heat of an Australian summer. The smallpox outbreak is believed to have happened because the Indigenous people were resisting against white settlement. Whether or not the smallpox epidemic was a contrived act of war, it is clear that the smallpox outbreak which killed much of the indigenous population, their deaths helped the British colonization easier. Australia had not had this type of disease before, which made it extremely hard for the Indigenous Australians to find a cure to this introduced disease that came from the This supports Jared Diamond’s theory that diseases among the Eurasians which originated from the Middle Eastern domestic animals, such as smallpox, which were fatal to populations not originating from the Eurasian land which therefore contributed to European’s

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