By: Khalid Albassam

 What was Yali’s Question?

 They had better position on the globe.  They had animals that produced meat, clothing and milk.  Animals also helped people transport to places faster.  Technology: like Ships, Compasses and Astrolabes.

 Indigenous peoples had no contact to the outside world.  They had never seen Europeans.  They had never seen the technologies the Europeans used.

 New Guinea is a small island south of the equator.  It has a tropical climate.  They had no chance of migration due to lack of technology.  They did not have a written language.

 The fertile crescent is a crescent shaped region that goes along the middle east.  It is in present day Iraq.  Plant and Animal domestication.  Extra food.  Population expansion.  Ruling class develops.  This led to healthier and stronger people.  This also lead to new technologies.

 Smallpox  Malaria

 Jared Diamond believes that crops and animals where in habited in unequal locations.  Tropical New Guinea.  Lack of technology.  Lack of resources.  Lack of knowledge.  No contact to the outside world.

 New Guineans education.  Tools  Plans 

 Education  Land  Resources  Food

 Technology