Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

by Thomas Preston Floyd

Government History Social Sciences

Season 4

West African Hunter Gatherers, the Round Head Period, and New Languages

This episode was a little shorter than I would have liked thanks to some technical issues, but that didn't stop me from talking about the West African Hunter Gatherers that inhabited places like Shum Laka. We also started to touch on the Niger-Congo language family and how branches of it are starting to spread. Particularly Mande (Though it may be a separate language family) and it's probable connection to the Round Head Period of the Savannah and how the desertification was affecting its spread. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/RW3Pm7leFdw

Central Africa and it's Gatherers

This week we talk about the ancestors of Central Africa's Pygmy peoples. We discuss why they may have evolved their shorter stature and their potential social organizations and what we know of their languages. We also discuss the all encompassing importance of the forest to them and what role music played in this importance. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/JH499Nil6XQ

Neolithic South Africa and Pastoral East Africa

I return this week after a very frustrating experience last week to talk about the ancestors of the modern Khoi and San peoples and some of the reasons that these peoples haven't had to change as quickly as those living in other regions. I also dive into some discussion about hunter gatherer warfare or conflict and what the differences between that and settle warfare were. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod

Emergency Update

This week's regularly scheduled episode is being delayed due to a family emergency.

Sick Notice

This week's episode is going to be delayed. I'm not feeling well and I can't focus on the screen to see my notes. Thank you for you support and understanding.

Early Urban Infrastructure and Features

In our last Urbanization special for season 4 we talk about the first major urban sites in Mesopotamia and the Indian subcontinent, and what we know and don't know about them at this early date. We also talk about why these areas were ahead of their neighbors in seeing cities form. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube:https://youtu.be/0etj839Fa3E

The City and The State

This week we take a look at some older views of cities and their origins from Plato and Aristotle and compare them with the criteria we discussed last week. I also talk about some feedback about cities in the US and my home state. X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod Twitter: https://youtu.be/XsmZniUlZyA

Urban Revolution?

!! Apologies for the sound mixing. My theme song's volume would not mix in at a lower volume than the episode audio !! This week we're reviewing V. Gordon Childe's 10 criteria of a city and the issues with them. We're also reviewing etymology of smaller sedentary settlements and going over their sizes (at least in an English context) and equivalents in hunter gather societies. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/dzQCQq3KKKY

The Birth of Metallurgy

This week we're talking about copper, gold, meteoric iron, and the methods that were used by humans to manipulate and shape these elements. We also discuss the evolution of the concept of a copper age. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/C1jZ09bkdDs

Pig Domestication

This week we finish this season's animal domestication episodes by talking about Sus domesticus, or pigs. X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/fi8aSGRzre4

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