Host and consultant: Jared Diamond ; narrator, Peter Coyote. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond. Originally broadcast in 2004 Special features: Interactive maps; timelines; photo gallery.
Contents:
Disc. 1. episode 1. Out of Eden / produced & directed by Tim Lambert ; ep. 2. Conquest / produced & directed by Tim Lambert -- Disc 2. ep. 3. Into the tropics / director, Cassian Harrison ; special features.
Summary:
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns.
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