Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

!! 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/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/dzQCQq3KKKY

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/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/C1jZ09bkdDs

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

This week's domestication episode talks about the Camelids including the Bactrian Camel, Vicuna, Guanaco, Alpaca, and Llama. As well as the Chicken and its primary ancestor the Red Jungle Fowl. Also we fight some technical difficulties.Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/9LDCcef0jIY

This week we move over to our first animal domestication special for this season. In it we talk about Donkeys and Bees. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/E6fI2cZ4BSU

This week we complete this season's discussion about crop domestication. In it we finish discussing the crops emerging in Mesoamerica like maize, amaranth, and avocado. We then talk about the foundation of South American agriculture with the emergence of potatoes, cassava, and new world cotton. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/alg0R2ykh5g

This week I deal with a headache, but you get to learn about spelt, onions, and we move into North American to talk about squash and beans. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/6bnT0jSNVZo

In this weeks episode we finish up corps being domesticated in Asia this season by talking about bananas, water chestnuts, burdock, and perilla. Not only fruits and plants useful as food stuffs but also for medicinal and secondary by product purposes.Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/q4U-9bqJRBk

!!!Apologies!!! I just realized I forgot to edit out the clap sync at the start of this episode. I think a cough is in there too. I would normally edit this out, but the audio was already mixed and I deleted the raw files.This week we're continuing our overview of crop domestication. This episode contains information on the different strains of Rice, Japonica and Indica, The two species of Asian Millet, Proso and Foxtail. Then a short discussion on Soybeans and their etymology.Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/NxzzqtKt8Q8

This week's episode focuses on the domesticate grape vine and first winery. Cotton trees in the Indian Subcontinent and how they may or may not have spread into the Levant. The start of orchards with the domestication of Apples and Pomegranates. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/15IJgYZ2U4g

Following a surprising amount of viewer feedback I decided to go into some etymological breakdowns of crops we've talked about so far. I also continue to go over the next round of crops domesticated in the fertile crescent. Including Rye, Dates, Olives. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/CQOVlTt_M5Q

Season 4 continues with a general information and topics episode. This week's episode sees us talk about the various crops that are being domesticated in Africa during the period of 6000-4000 BC(E) and what regions they're being domesticated in.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/8RZ10ZFHT6E

New year new season! We kick off season four with a talk about pottery, why it is important in both an academic sense and for practical reason. We also go over the different types and what the difference is between them. Or at least the types that have been invented by the end of this newest season.Twitter/X:https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/waxmmVw13Tg

This week is the season finale! We finish by talking about a couple of final sites in modern Brazil and the emergence of pottery there, and whether it may or not be the origin of pottery for the rest of the continent. We then move south to talk about the movement of people along other rivers into the interior of the south of the continent before talking about the peopling of Patagonia, and Tierra Del Fuego.Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/tw9zpnCyMPY

The week we discuss the Guianas and their environment and a couple of groups of humans that occupied various parts of the region. We also talk about the origin of the Amazon River's name and what new archeology information has been coming up through the use of new technologies.Twitter/X : https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/uX5uEdnPuIQ

This week I go over some information that a view provided me to help flesh out some information about the Southern Andes and the Chinchorro Culture. We also go over groups in the modern countries of Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/q0uf0ck1jYI

This week we move into and talk about changes happening in South America at the dawn of the Neolithic. We also discuss some etymology of the Andes mountains and how the continent was first peopled. Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

This week we talk about some more etymology and the origin of the name for the continent of America. We also talk about the people occupying the Tehuacan Valley and the emerging El Riego phase that they begin in the region. This includes their stone work, woodworking, and emerging experimentation with agriculture. As well as evidence for an emerging religious culture and society. Then to conclude we talk about the difficulties facing traditional groups living deeper in the jungles up to the Darién Gap.YouTube: https://youtu.be/f3Tq2UrFMH0X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

This week's episode covers geography and etymology lessons regarding the Mississippi River and all giving context regarding it's constituent basins. We also talk about the Sierra Madre Mountains and Altiplano Mexico, and how these things were affecting the humans living there. We also talk about the origins of agriculture in North America. I also tried to clear things up regarding early copper working techniques (which worked) and how I described eastern groups. (Eh... I'm not as confident. Thank you for all the feedback on the last episode! Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/ybMNCjHIyV0

This week's episode focuses on the changes to the environment and challenges facing humans living east of the Mississippi and the beginning of the Old Copper Culture. We also talk about the mystery of the emergence of the bow and arrow in the new world. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/uVLFEKebFcU

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

This episode we talk about how environmental changes in North America led to changes in the lifestyle of the ancestors of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, Western Canada, and the American Southwest. As well as technological advances happening due to the extinction of the Megafauna. We also talk about the arrival of the Aleut on the Aleutian Islands. Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/8I1wdIzJxRo

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

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

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

This week we conclude this season's coverage of Europe by talking about Ireland and Britain. We discuss the changes to the islands after the end of the Younger Dryas and the peoples and animals living there. We also discuss the famous Cheddar Man as well as tools, houses, and the Isle of Mann. Twiiter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/M2QrLgf7qQ4

This week we talk about the Mediterranean Islands like Sicily, Malta, and Sardinia. We also move west and talk about the changes in Iberia and France happening following the break up of the Azilian Culture.https://twitter.com/waradrevpodhttps://youtu.be/nN8Is1Vr-qM

This week I go into some Entomology that I forgot last week and for this week's subjects as well. We also talk about the Cardium Ware culture emerging along the Adriatic Coast and all along the Italia Coast.To the north we talk about the environmental changes in Scandinavia and the impact that had on the Maglemosian culture and other remnants of the Swiderian and Ahrensberg cultures.Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYoutube: https://youtu.be/ohtvprmlUHg

This week we go over the end of the Epigravettian and the emergence of smaller regional sites in Greece and the Balkans as migrants from Anatolia arrive. We also talk about broad changes in the north east of Europe.twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/w3NUN9hH2Gs

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.

This week's episode ended up being a bit different than I had initially planned. I had a few details from last week's episode that I forgot to include and decieded to correct those oversights now and then give a very very broad overview of the Europe we will be talking about for the next few weeks. Thank you all for listening! Please enjoy!Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://youtu.be/rtOowEVst9Y

This week we discuss the Torres Islanders, Australia, and Tasmania as its people are cut off from New Guinea and the rest of the world, and the internal isolation that happens to its relative groups. We also talk about their tools and weapons utility. We also discuss their environment and how that was probably affecting their religious ideas, including the Rainbow Serpent. Please listen and enjoy this very long very exhaustive episode.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/amO4kGGr84Ehttps://youtu.be/amO4kGGr84E

This week we move into Melanesia and Australia. We discuss the native aboriginal population of New Guinea after Sahul has sunk and separated the two landmasses. We also talk about how the Papuans were distinct from most other hunter gatherers.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

This week we conclude Asia for this season. We go over a number of genetic groups that the various tribes and bands of hunter gathers belong too, how they got there, and what they had to do to live. Mammoths and dogs also feature. We also speculate on some of their cultural or religious practices. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

This week episodes focuses on the emergence of the Jeulmun Culture of the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island and the evolution of the Jomon culture of the Japanese Archipelago after the end of the Younger Dryas.

This week we review some new DNA evidence to talk about who the Neolithic cultures were and who they will become. With some help from and philosophical rambling about the developments of the primary language families (family?) that occupy Southeast and East Asia today.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

This is a big episode! This week we finish up Neolithic China by discussing the 6 or so material cultures that begin to shift from a mobile hunter gatherer lifestyle to practicing agriculture and animal herding. What makes each unique and what they had in common. This will set the stage for a finale in China before we finish up talking about the rest of Asia.Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

This week we move to northern China and talk about a transitory culture, the Nanzhuangtou, and how they were an early example of the shift of Paleolithic to a Neolithic lifestyle. We also discuss the climatic and environmental changes that the region was going through. Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

Special episode for the 4th of July week. I've been busy with work and packing for a long weekend so here's a review/talk about a very fun imaginative work of historical fiction. Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

This week we talk about Prehistoric Fujian and Zhejiang and their etymology, as well as the beginning of the emerging Neolithic Kuahuqiao culture.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

This week we talk about some Neolithic people and developments in modern day Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan. Including the Pearl River Delta and theories on the development of Rice.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

This week we focus on the Philippines and Taiwan and some etymology related to those places. We also lay the foundation for Austronesian migrations that are about to take place in the region.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://youtu.be/EDPVFdr_sdM

This week's episode focuses on Java and Borneo and the humans who have slowly become separated and isolated from the mainland by slowly rising sea levels. I also ramble about tigers and etymology. Like all of our best episodes.

This week we talk about the Hoabinhian tool culture and some of its regional variations. We also talked about some Neolithic sites all across mainland Southeast Asia. We also talk about the genetic evidence we have about the ancient residents and how they relate to some modern groups.

This weeks sees us enter Southeast Asia. We talk about the geography of the region and what separates it form South and East Asia. We also talk about the Irrawaddy River, Arakan Mountains, the Shan Highlands, and the Padalin Caves. We also start a discussion about languages in the region that will continue for the remaining episodes focusing on the region. Please Enjoy!Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

Due to Mother's Day in the US this weeks episode is a little shorter. Please enjoy. This week we are covering the Neolithic Tibetan Plateau and its people and the challenges they faced after the end of the Younger Dryas. We also go over how the name Tibet potentially got to us in English.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

In this week's episode I talk about the people living in the Ganges River Delta. What attracted people to the area and what were some of the features that were unique to the region. I also go into some of the difficulties facing archeological studies of the region.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

This week we talk about the Lakshadweep Islands and why they probably were not inhabited by humans yet. The geographic feature of Rama's Bridge and how it connected Sri Lanka to the rest of South Asia. We also discuss life on the island as well.Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W2Ui8NjYPPOeQrABE-pJg

This week we lay out some internal geographic features of the Indian Subcontinent and what effects that had on travel, trade, and habitation of the region and how they may have affected the archeological record.

This week we move away from Mehrgarh to talk about the ancient sites in the Soan River Valley and Sivalik Hills then move further east and conclude with talk about Bhirrana.Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod