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The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics and genocide. Those collisions created reverberations that have still not died down after many centuries, and that are actively continuing in some of the world's most troubled areas.
The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics and genocide. Those collisions created reverberations that have still not died down after many centuries, and that are actively continuing in some of the world's most troubled areas.
Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
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- Jared Diamond
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- Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jared Diamond: documented birth year 1937; activity date not established. Wikidata Q205772, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205772 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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