7.9/1077 votes#1 - 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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7.6/1057 votes#2 - 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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7.5/1057 votes#3 - 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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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....
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics
Network:PBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Out of Eden" is the best rated episode of "Guns Germs & Steel" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 77 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/11/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Conquest".