According to Jared Diamond, What Circumstances Contributed to the Development

question 37

Multiple Choice

According to Jared Diamond, what circumstances contributed to the development of complex societies on the Eurasian continent?

• A) having only a few species of plants and animals to draw upon for domestication
• B) geographic isolation from other regions, which led to independent technological innovations
• C) the spread of ideas and domesticated plants and animals from the Near East
• D) access to variable microclimates

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