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Part 4: World Conquerors

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Part 4: World Conquerors

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Part 4World ConquerorsPlease use this thread for discussing Part Four of The Third Chimpanzee, which covers Chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16 from pages 217 through 309.
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This is an interesting section...the intro to the section is essentially the thesis for Guns, Germs & Steel, if I understand it correctly (I have, but haven't read GGS). So it may be a simplified version of what some of you have already read...so let's discuss it, while there's still time left in our quarter! The chapter on the last first contacts is fascinating. ... "All beings are the owners of their deeds, the heirs to their deeds." Loricat's Book NookCelebrating the Absurd
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Several years ago I read a fascinating book about the first contact between Europeans and the New Guinea highlands.www.amazon.com/First-Cont...0670801674
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Looks like a good one -- I'll add it to my wishlist! "All beings are the owners of their deeds, the heirs to their deeds." Loricat's Book NookCelebrating the Absurd
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