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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by xwvvvvwx on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:53PM (#20646811)
The dominance of eurasian societies is very likely an accident of geography more than anything else.

You would probably find Guns, Germs, and Steel [1] quite illuminating.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel

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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by hellocs1 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:17PM (#20647634)
Meh, Guns, Germs, and Steel get a lot of criticism to be honest [1]. You can find plenty of counter examples that Diamond does not address.

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/1rzm07/wha...

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