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A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively....
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Season 1

  • Out of Eden
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    Out of Eden

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2005

    Jared Diamond’s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New Guinea

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  • Conquest
    7.6/1057 votes
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    Conquest

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2005

    On November 15th 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrive in the holy city of Cajamarca, at the heart of the Inca Empire, in Peru. They are exhausted, outnumbered and terrified – ahead of them are camped 80,000 Inca troops and the entourage of the Emperor himself. Yet, within just 24 hours, more than 7,000 Inca warriors lie slaughtered; the Emperor languishes in chains; and the victorious Europeans begin a reign of colonial terror which will sweep through the entire American continent.

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  • Into the Tropics
    7.5/1057 votes
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    Into the Tropics

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2005

    So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favoured one group of people – Europeans – endowing them with agents of conquest ahead of their rivals around the world.

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