Blog week 2 - 1
 Guns, Germs, and Steel
·     14 animals over 100lbs 
o  Goats
o  Sheep 
o  Pigs
o  Calves
o  Horses
o  Donkeys
o  Bactrian Camels
o  Arabian Camels
o  Water Buffalo
o  Llamas
o  Reindeer
o  Yaks
o  Mithuns
o  Bali Cattle
·     None of the animals come from New Guinean, Australia, Africa, or North America.
·     Llamas come from South America.
·     The rest of the animals come from Asia, North America, and South Asia.
·     Cows, Pigs, Sheep’s, Goats are from the Middle East.
·     Middle East – Fertile Crescent

·     Got to have a stronger forces/not have to worry what they are going to eat.

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