What are good non-racist sources that discuss the disparity of technology between different cultures from the same time?

by Buddug-Green

So I read Dan Carlin's infamous Guns Germs and Steal a while ago and since then I've also read a few critiques and generally been made aware of the problems with it. I was just wondering if there were any more legitimate sources about this topic?

misyo

Just a quick side note- Jared Diamond wrote Guns, Germs, and Steel . Dan Carlin does podcasts.

Flandersmcj

Try 1491 and 1493, both by Charles C. Mann