Guns, Germs, and Steel: A National Geographic Presentation : The Clash of Civilizations (2005)

Genres - Historical Film  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis

In Part 2 (of three), Jared Diamond explores reasons why Spanish Conquistadors conquered the Incas in 1532 "instead of the other way around." In Spain, Diamond examines the 16th-century European military technology---both metallurgical and equine---that enabled Pizarro's 168 mercenaries to decimate an 80,000-man Incan army in one day without suffering a single fatality. The Spanish also brought smallpox with them. It was a "weapon," says narrator Peter Coyote, "they didn't even know they had."