Global Politics: Guns, Germs & Steel

Jared Diamond's assertion of those "geographically blessed" arguably,seems to hold considerable weight in the fields of ecology and mankind's pivotal role in social, political, and technological advancement. However, some of the early societies that were deemed unfavorable to improve to the status of the Europeans, innovatively brought forth ideas to the world. Ranging from the fields of science, agriculture, religion, medicine, various forms of govenment, etc. These cultural attributes stemmed from the Mayans of Mexico and Central America to the Arawakan people that spanned from the Carribean and the majority of present day Latin America. One of the many perrenial factors that presently effect inequalities in global society is exploitation, the division of classes, imperialism and many of the cogs and gears that operate the capitalist machine.