Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

by Thomas Preston Floyd

Government History Social Sciences

Season 3

Emerging Languages and Technology

This week we continue our look at the peoples of West Africa at 8000 BC. This includes their independent development of pottery to deal with a changing diet during the last Green Sahara. We also talk about the beginnings of their plant domestication and potential language groups that started to emerge. Feel free to provide feedback or questions at https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

Ancient Forests, Forgotten Planes

This week's episode begins to look at the people of Central and Western Africa at 8,000 BCE. This includes the ancestors of the modern Central and Western African Hunter Gatherers. This episode is a litter shorter and rougher than I would have liked, but I am recovering for a long busy weekend of travel. Please listen and enjoy.

Timeless Kernel

We're back to a regular Episodes after the October Specials. We jump forward to 8,000 BCE and return to Africa to check in on the oldest branches of Humanity. I hope everyone enjoys. Feel free to reach out via twitter:https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

Domestication of Plants and the Germination of Agriculture

We return to the main podcast this week with a brief overview of our earliest attempts at agriculture. We also talk about some practices and developments that arose from that. I also lay out the general plan for the rest of season 3 which will continue in November after the Halloween episodes.

The First Domesticated Herds and CATS!!!

Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Cats oh my! This week we talk about our first forays of taming animals in Eleven Thousand Years. The dog was a wild success after all so why not try again? I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions or feedback feel free to reach out on the twitter link below: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

Ao the Last Hunter

The final October historical fantasy/fiction bonus episode of 2023 is a review about the 2010 French film Ao: the Last Hunter We talk about what they got right, what was good, and what was bad or confusing. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/eaS3NaUP-Zs

Godborn

This bonus episode is a review of Dan Davis' Gods of Bronze serie's first book Godborn.This is a 'realistic' story set during the 3000s B.C. of the young demi god Herkuhlos' whose adventures will eventually evolve into the well known Greek myths of Heracles. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/Hs-5RKXm9Zg

Age of Myth

In this episode we talk about/review the first book in the Legends of the First Empyre: Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan.This is a prequel series that takes place thousands of years in the past of Sullivan's other fantasy novels. In this work we see both elves and humans deal with revolutions' in technology and social institutions while also dealing with a cataclysmic genocidal war.Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/3OlrPYP0PGE

The Scarlet Citadel

This week we have a Halloween bonus episode talking about the Robert Howard story The Scarlet Citadel. This is an early Conan the Barbarian story dealing with King Conan of Aquilonia dealing with treachery as he battles the King of Koth, Strabonus, and the dark wizard Tsohta-lanti. We also dive into the some of the historical references and inspiration made by Howard.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube:https://youtu.be/qFsaAQYlDf8

Far Cry Primal Review

SORRY FOR THE DELAY!This was meant to release a bit earlier, but travel and some technical issues caused me to have some real problems getting this recorded and uploaded. So again I am sorry. That said I have gotten some fixes in place and next week's episode will be out at the regular time.This week we're reviewing the 2016 action adventure video game Far Cry Primal. This sees you play as Takkar of the Wenja as he fights to reunite his people while also trying to lead them to victory in a three way war between the rival tribes of the Udam and the Izila for dominance in the land of Oros.

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