Guns, microbes and steel: History of human communities. Diamond D.

Why did the European and later Euro-Atlantic civilizations achieve the most grandiose success in the history of mankind? Why exactly Europe, first independently, and later - along with the United States of America, created the world in which we live now? What predetermined the world hegemony of the European worldview - industry, the power of weapons or something else? And what is the influence on the worldview of not only an individual, but also entire peoples and even races, does the environment have? In his book, Jared Diamond, the author, awarded the Pulitzer Prize, is discussing about all this and much more.