Geography is a huge topic, in Guns, Germs and Steel, which focuses on the weather, topography, latitude, crops and animal domestication on each continent. ... One of the main differences between the highly developed society, such as Spain, and the New Guinea's tribes are the types of crops they farm and the livestock they feed. The New Guineas mainly farm Taro roots and bananas, which are rich in sugar but lacking of protein and it don't last long after reaped. ... Diamond notes, latitude deeply affects the weather and the amount of cultivable land on the Fertile Crescent. ... The la...

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The fields are small (about ¼ acre) and there will be a couple of fields that make up a farm. ... Animals are rarely used in agriculture here. ... Malawi has about 12,000,000 people (about 3,000,000 farm families is what they estimate, but many of these are headed by mere children, single mothers or the very old). ... There is very little animal protein in the Malawian diet. ... Partially because of the very high death rate (note that every village will have a coffin maker) there is a reality of the "extended family- to the extreme. ...

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