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Monday, July 18, 2005
Online Chat with Jared Diamond; Episode 2 Tonight
Washingtonpost.com is hosting an online "chat" with Jared Diamond this Wednesday at 3pm ET. Diamond will be discussing the Guns, Germs and Steel series on PBS as well as the book. You can submit questions now or during the chat on Wednesday.
In related news, Episode 2 of Guns, Germs and Steel airs tonight on PBS:
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.
Why was the balance of power so unequal between the Old World, and the New?
Can Jared Diamond explain how America fell to guns, germs and steel?
Episode 2 review to come...
Posted by Will at July 18, 2005 03:18 PM in In the News