Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

by Thomas Preston Floyd

Government History Social Sciences

Season 4

The Roots of Mesopotamian Civilization: Hassuna and Samarra

This week we talk about two material cultures that emerge in the Tigris River Valley, the Hassuna and Samarra. We go over what made them unique and what they have in common and the areas they overlapped with each other and the Halaf. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/tKrS1xrUElE

The Halaf Culture

This week we give an overview of the Halaf culture that established itself in the upper Tigris River Valley and spread to occupy land to it's West, North, and Southeast. Not to mention spreading it's material culture well outside of these bounds. We go over what we believe made the Halaf the Halaf, their pottery, statuary, agriculture, and architecture. Their innovations in burial and religious practices are also covered. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/D8VDAzUShCw

Ugarit and Adana

This week sees us finish our overview of the northern Levantine coast by talking about the foundations of Ugarit and Adana, the mystery of who founded them, and the differences between them. We also talk about a couple of smaller sites in the border regions between the two. Twitter: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/mommI-xQlOg

Geography of the Northern Levant and Cilicia

This week's episode is focused on the geography and some etymology of the regions we talked about in our central Levant episode and the places we will be discussing for the next week or two. I had some questions come in about several of the places and I though this might be a good time to slow down a bit and talk about it. Next week's episode we see us shift back to discussing in more depth the people and sites occupying the places I talk about this week. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/fz72G8MFU9s

Ceramic Cyprus

This week we talk about the end of the Aceramic period on Cyprus and the apparent disappearance of the people and culture of that period, the Khirokitia. Then we turn to the arrival of the Sotira people and the arrival of the pottery before they to contract and set the stage for the arrival of the Cacholithic age and people. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/1asscgZxvPw

The Central Levant

This week we talk about the central Levant and why they were able to more quickly urbanize and the early sites of Byblos and Beirut. We also discuss Damascus, the Beqaa Valley, and Qarqar. As well as who the people inhabiting the sites may have been. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/KfmKH9iptBM

Cultures of the Southern Levant

This week we cover the "end" of the Yarmukian Culter, and the emergence of neighboring cultures to it's south and in some of it's old sites. This includes the Lodian, Nizzanim, and Wadi Rabah. We also talk about the arrival of the chalcolithic age in the levant with the Wadi Rabah and Ghassulian. We also talk about some etymology briefly. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/YKk2FWDSys4

Departures, Arrivals, and Changes in the Levant

This week we move into the Levant to recap and talk about changes happening at Jericho (Tell Es Sultan) this season. We also talk about the spread of pottery and the invention of the earliest (or second earliest) pottery wheel. We also talk about the Western Semitic Languages and the contacts between the region, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/I0eDDwwt-eA

Mustatils

This week I had planned to start covering the eastern Mediterranean coast and the Levant, but I remembered I had one important aspect left to discuss about life in Arabia for this season. The structures known as Mustatils. We talk about their numbers, construction, and what they may have been used for. I also had some viewer feedback to go over. X/Twitter: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/unL0TQxLIFw

The Arabian Neolithic

This week we move into Asia. The first stop for the continent this season is the Arabian Peninsula. We cover the expansion of the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family into this region as well as the etymology associated with that naming convention. We talk about links between Eastern Arabia and southern Mesopotamia and what products drew said connections. We also go over the wild fauna and climate people are dealing with at this time. I also speculate about the birth of falconry. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/WZ6dGziTQEI

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