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Guns, Germs, and Steel

articles from an ebook

Horses
"Horses." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 5th ed., vol. 4, Gale, 2014, pp. 2208-2210. Gale Virtual Reference Library
Sheep
Looker, Dan. "Sheep." Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, edited by Solomon H. Katz, vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, pp. 267-272. Gale Virtual Reference Library
Malaria
Aldridge, Susan. "Malaria." Infectious Diseases: In Context, edited by Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner, vol. 2, Gale, 2008, pp. 515-522. In Context Series. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Plague, Early History
Roos, Anna Marie E. "Plague, Early History." Infectious Diseases: In Context, edited by Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K Lee Lerner, vol. 2, Gale, 2008, pp.627-634. In Context Series. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Pandemics and Epidemics
"pandemics and epidemics." Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World, edited by Pam J. Crabtree, vol. 3, Facts on File, 2008, pp. 807-822. Facts on File Library of World History. Gale Virtual Reference Library
Smallpox
Gilman, Larry. "Smallpox." Infectious Diseases: In Context, edited by Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner, vol. 2, Gale, 2008, pp. 770-775. In Context Series. Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Vaccines
"Vaccines."Biotechnology: Changing Life Through Science, vol. 1: Medicine, UXL, 2007, pp. 281-284. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
 
Articles(6) from Science and Its Times about cultivation and spread of wheat and grains
Corn (Maize)
Frost, Randall, and Larry Gillman. "Corn (Maize)." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 5th ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2014, pp. 1161-1162. Gale Virtual Reference Library
Farming 
Hurt, R. Douglas. "Farming." Americans at War. Ed. John P. Resch. Vol. 2: 1816-1900. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 64-67. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
A Farming Society
"A Farming Society." Shaping of America, 1783-1815 Reference Library, edited by Lawrence W. Baker, et al., vol. 1: Almanac, UXL, 2006, pp. 216-237. Gale Virtual Reference Library
The Natural History of Rice
Li, Jiming. "The Natural History of Rice." Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, edited by Solomon H. Katz, vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, pp. 190-198. Gale Virtual Reference Library

Explosives
Haycock, Dean Allen. "Explosives." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 5th ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014, pp. 1695-1700. Gale Virtual Reference Library

The Bow in Medieval Warfare.
Lerner, Adrienne Wilmoth. "The Bow in Medieval Warfare." Science and Its Times, edited by Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer, vol. 2: 700 to 1449, Gale, 2001, pp. 339-341. Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

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