Arm und Reich. Die Schicksale menschlicher Gesellschaften. (1997)

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   Kollaps von Jared Diamond (infiniteletters)
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   [1491: NEW REVELATIONS OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS BY (Author)Mann, Charles C]Paperback(Oct-2006) von Charles C. Mann (VisibleGhost, electronicmemory)
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   Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem von Bill Bryson (Percevan)
4. 51
   Wohlstand und Armut der Nationen. Warum die einen reich und die anderen arm sind von David S. Landes (Oct326)

   Oct326: La tesi centrale del saggio di Diamond è che la causa dominante dei disuguali gradi di sviluppo tra popolazioni umane sia data dalle condizioni ambientali più o meno favorevoli. Il saggio di Landes ha un argomento un po' differente, e cioè il disuguale grado di sviluppo economico e di ricchezza tra popolazioni. Ma sulle cause di queste differenze è più articolato, e mette in rilievo l'importanza dei fattori culturali. È un punto di vista piuttosto diverso, e questo rende interessante il confronto tra le due opere.… (mehr)

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   (Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History (Revised)) By Christian, David (Author) Paperback on (10 , 2011) von David Christian (questbird)

   questbird: Big History is a multidisciplinary approach (like Diamond's) which integrates the origin of the universe, deep time, human prehistory and history.

7. 40
   Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit von Yuval Noah Harari (Percevan)

   Percevan: Both books are eminently throwing light on the big lines in human history

8. 30
   The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community von William H. McNeill (wildbill)

   wildbill: William McNeill chronicles the struggle between nomad and sedentary peoples in a book that continues the themes of Guns, Germs and Steel

9. 30
   Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today von David P. Clark (infiniteletters)
10. 20
    The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, The Epidemic That Shaped Our History von Molly Caldwell Crosby (John_Vaughan)
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    From Dawn to Decadence von Jacques Barzun (MusicMom41)

    MusicMom41: Guns, Germs and Steel makes a great “prelude’ to Barzun’s book From Dawn to Decadence.

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    Die sieben Töchter Evas von Bryan Sykes (Percevan)
13. 10
    The Physics of Life: The Evolution of Everything von Adrian Bejan (br77rino)
14. 10
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15. 10
    Understanding China: Learning from China's Past, Present, and Future von Stefan Piech (frenchkisses, Anonymer Nutzer)
16. 10
    Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors von Nicholas Wade (IslandDave)
17. 10
    Wild: An Elemental Journey von Jay Griffiths (hohlwelt)

    hohlwelt: Complements very well with what Jared Diamond misses and vice versa.

18. 10
    Children of the Ice Age: How a Global Catastrophe Allowed Humans to Evolve von Steven M. Stanley (br77rino)

    br77rino: Children of the Ice Age is an excellent anthropological discussion of the link that became homo sapiens. Guns, Germs, and Steel covers the more recent territory of racial evolution within homo sapiens.

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    Gewalt: Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit von Steven Pinker (Percevan)

    Percevan: Both books are eminently throwing light on the big lines in human history

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    Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past von David Reich (Cynfelyn)

    Cynfelyn: Who We Are and How We Got Here (2018) is a genetic interpretation successor to the cultural interpretation of Guns, Germs and Steel (1997).

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