Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

by Thomas Preston Floyd

Government History Social Sciences

Season 4

Northern Africa West of the Nile

This week we finish up our coverage of Africa. We go over a couple of points about Set I forgot to mention. I go into some etymology of places and peoples. I talk about the importance of oases as the Sahara desert expanded. I also go over the proto-Amazigh people and the cultures they're associated with that existed during this season's time line 6000-4000 BC(E). Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q3Ohfb_vE3o

God of Order and the Gods of the Order

This week we're back and continuing to talk about Egyptian Mythology. A little earlier than theses versions of the myths may have existed during this season's time frame as there are some elements of society that we don't have a record of existing just yet, but the ideas of a cosmic order affecting the lives of humans and leadership struggles between family can't have been unheard of by this point. YouTube:https://youtu.be/l7jWFEIdTxA Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod

The Creations of the Egyptian Gods

This week we dive into ancient Egyptian creation myths... or some of them. The gods that were mentioned in these and the concept of natural order Ma'at. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/CruwFshiDIk

The Red Land and New Cultures

This week we talk about the eastern desert and the goods that are starting to be sourced from the area. We also talk about the culture doing the sourcing as well as a couple of other cultures emerging between 6000-4000 BC(E) Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/K8pi3MRq0rY

Nubia and The Foundations of Kush

This week we jump ahead to talk about terminology used by the Egyptians about the regions and peoples to their south. We also talk about the site that will become the city of Kerma and the beginning of the Kingdom of Kush. We also check back in with the site of Nabta Playa and it's potential ties to Egyptian, Kushite, and other Nubian cultures. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/d-CCmZqYW5o

The Highlands and the Sea

This week we talk about the Cushitic branch of Afroasiatic languages and the peoples of the Horn of Africa as well as their proto states and interactions with Egypt and Arabia. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/nDuDvnf5F2o

The White Nile, African Great Lakes, and the Omo

This week we discuss the Eburran culture and it's interaction with a pastoralist groups coming into African Great Lakes Region from the Nile and Horn of Africa. We also discuss said pastoralists and who their modern descendants may be. We also start covering peoples living in the Horn itself. Specifically the Omotic speaker's ancestors. YouTube: https://youtu.be/TUnwirIORrY Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod

Lake Chad

This week we talk about the importance of Lake Chad. The origin of that name. The arrival of pastoralism and the importance of fishing in the region. We discuss the establishment of small scale trade that will eventually grow much larger. We also discuss the interaction between the various ethnolinguistic groups living in and around the region. Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/1H5lj38mVTc

Lake Chad and The Headwaters Of the Nile

This week we move to the peoples living around Lake Chad, the eastern Sahel, the southern Nile, and its tributaries between 6000-4000 BC(E) and the expansion of pastoralism and agriculture. We also go over the idea of a macro Nilo-Saharan language and some of the pushback and criticism that got. We talk about the etymology of the Nile and Chari rivers. Next week we will focus on specific sites sites seeing evidence of agriculture and pastoralism in the region. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/3Em4y6ja7Ew

Small Advances and Small Branches

This week we finish this season's coverage of West Africa. I talk about the delay in the adoption of agriculture in the region, and the future expansion of textiles, cloth, and leather production and styles. We also talk about some of the smaller branches (potentially) of the Niger-Congo Language Family including the Dogon and their religion. X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/-7P-kInG2us

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