Guns, Germs and Steel – Jared Diamond – Similar Books & Further Reading

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• The Third Chimpanzee — Jared Diamond
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• Evolution of Domesticated Animals — I. L. Mason
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• Vectors of Death — Ann Ramenofsk
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• The Origins of Writing — Wayne Senner, ed.
• Reading the Past — J. T. Hooker
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• Technology in World Civilization — Arnold Pacey
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• The Power of the Machine — R. A. Buchanan
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• Heartland of Cities — Robert Adams
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• Reversing Language Shift — Joshua Fishman
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• Quaternary Extinctions — Paul Martin and Richard Klein
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• The Collapse of Ancient States and Civilizations — Norman Yoffee and George Cowgill
• Civilization and Capitalism — Fernand Braudel
• Evolution and the Diversity of Life — Ernst Mayr
• Community Ecology — Jared Diamond and Ted Case
• Forces of Change — Henry Hobhouse
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