Guns, Germs and Steel video 2

For the first part of class we had a lockdown drill and a shelter-in-place drill. We had to turn off the lights, lock the door, and silently sit against the wall. For the second part of class we continued the video and took more notes:

• Learning how to make steel was a big technological breakthrough 
• Understanding how to work with fire was the first step to forging steel 
• Certain rocks can be used to make steel when they are heated to the right temperature 
• New Guinea didn't have metal tools
• New Guinea didn't advance because they spent too much time farming and trying to feed themselves
• When people moved out of the Middle East, they tended to move East or South putting them in the same geographical conditions
• In the 16th century, people took things from the fertile crescent to the new world