The Nordic Bronze Age: Best Time to Ever be Alive- Part 1 "Intro & Climate"

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The Nordic Bronze Age culture emerged about 1750 BC as a continuation of the Battle Axe culture (the Scandinavian Corded Ware variant) as well as from influence that came from Central Europe. This influence most likely came from people similar to those of the Unetice culture, since they brought customs that were derived from Unetice or from local interpretations of the Unetice culture located in North Western Germany. The metallurgical influences from Central Europe are especially noticeable. The Bronze Age in Scandinavia can be said to begin shortly after 2000 BC with the introduction and use of bronze tools, followed by a more systematic adoption of bronze metalworking technology from 1750 BC. The Nordic Bronze Age maintained close trade links with Mycenaean Greece, with whom it shares several striking similarities. Some cultural similarities between the Nordic Bronze Age, the Sintashta/Andronovo culture and peoples of the Rigveda have also been detected. Some scholars also include sites in what is now Estonia, Finland, northern Germany and Pomerania as part of its cultural sphere.

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@gogoalala Жыл бұрын

Its always been the Bronze age for me.Ancestry and culture. Harsh times and endurance required no doubt , but the beauty of the world during this time would be something unimaginably powerful to witness ❤

@gadpivs Жыл бұрын

There is a lot of good to be said about the Bronze Age. One thing that always bothers me about historians is that they will talk about their fascination with periods like this, but they will also stop short of saying that any period from the past could in any way be better than the present, because apparently hard work and being a bit more uncomfortable from time to time automatically means that life is pure despair. So many are okay with forfeiting their lives, freedom, community, and culture for material comforts. Air conditioning and antibiotics are nice, but are they worth it if it means living alone in a quiet, claustrophobic apartment and spending the vast majority of your day in an office with strangers you don't particularly like, with no meaning or purpose? Until air conditioners and antibiotics can treat anxiety and depression, or provide spiritual fulfillment, they are overrated -- or, at the very least, not worth giving up control over every facet of your life in order to obtain.

@bluefish4999 Жыл бұрын

I have thought about air conditioning causing anxiety and depression. I live in South Florida and there are people that do not leave the air beyond getting into their car then blasting the air again. Even on nice 60-70 degree days they don't open the windows and run the air 24/7, I found people hate to sweat. I also agree what's the use of living another 20-30 years if you just sit on the couch and watch tv, best thing I ever did in my life was re-connect with nature.

@nickhartman6372 Жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%! I think nature will end up humbling us before too long though, we are not living in harmony with the planet. But someday we will learn balance, at least I hope.

@Traeumeer 10 ай бұрын

Historians usually stop short because there is no fucking way we could know what life was like back then. Material artifacts and writing can only bring you so close. Additionally, it is not the historian's job to make these claims anyway. Their job is to analyze and interpret the past in a scientific way, not making claims about quality of life in the past.

@Nepetita69696 9 ай бұрын

@@TraeumeerExactly.

@Non-Serviam300 Жыл бұрын

I agree! The best videos are the ones that offend idiots without apology💪😜

@sarahgilbert8036 Жыл бұрын

Well said 😉🤣

@Non-Serviam300 Жыл бұрын

@@sarahgilbert8036 hell yeah🤘

@DLC1325 Жыл бұрын

For some reason when I saw this video pop up and read the title I got this uncontrollable grin and a bit teary eyed. I enjoy the bronze age too, but damn, its like I have really fond, subconscious, ancestral memories of the period. It was really intense!

@ScottJB Жыл бұрын

Such an underrated period. The sound of the bronze lur feels so primordial and familiar. I'd give up a lot to be a guest for a week in a Bronze Age village in Jyyland or Bornholm and just hear their earlier and more fleshed out versions of the myths and stories.

@BirkaViking Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video and I agree with you to 100%. Greetings from Södermanland

@Pretani_chieftain Жыл бұрын

I think that the Bronze Age in general was just better than today over all. It was when civilization was at its peak, adventure and exploration was still prominent, civilization and nature was balanced perfectly and it was also when warriors were the highest in society (as it should be). If I could personally go back in time I’d go back to the proto Celtic Bronze Age Urnfield culture in the regions of Brittany France around the 1300s BC.

@qashmonie Жыл бұрын

Personally I love the long videos I appreciate you taking your time aside for us

@deaodaggi Жыл бұрын

The rock carvings are situated far from current shoreline mainly due the rise of the land from being pressed under the ice during the ice age, not due to the warmer climate.

@DeepDarkSamurai Жыл бұрын

The bronze age is what I dream of. I live there on many different levels. People call me an ancient man and that I am. I remember and I won't let my brothers forget if it's within my power

@raphlvlogs271 Жыл бұрын

the climate of the world is always changing and humanity had always been adapting to it

@robertmiller5735 Жыл бұрын

the higher sea level was why Hellen's city of Troy was 1 mile from the sea then and over 10 miles now .

@EarthworriorVanArkelen Жыл бұрын

One hundred percent agree .👌🏼two thinks that make me feel good, specially in the Netherlands where i live , is the whining about the climate and slavery . ( slavery is also a hot topic ) in the Netherlands. The problem is that people don't look beyond what is necessary greetings from the Netherlands 👌🏼🤘🇳🇱🇳🇴

@sarahgilbert8036 Жыл бұрын

@@ralphmeulesteen9850 exactly. And we should all demand compensation from the Germans for what they put our parents & grandparents through! It's all part of history, get over it.

@nook969 Жыл бұрын

A fellow moerasgermaan! I agree that it's ridiculous to judge the past by today's most popular ethics. However, I think our ancestors held mother nature in great regard and we shouldn't dismiss climate change completely. I do agree though that there's an agenda at play here which really abuses this topic for evil..

@GUNRIR Жыл бұрын

yea i fully agree they complain allot they are filled with hate i dont know why they dontl try to find their way back to where they came from and suffer in silence there and not here eerlijk!

@natuvampire Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Americansaxon3619 11 ай бұрын

The Nordic Bronze Age seems like a sort of Viking Age Summer DLC

@sykotikmommy Жыл бұрын

So many ignore that or planet has cycles. Then, they get worked up when you tell them this. We're going into a cooling age again, it seems.

@erikhoff5010 Жыл бұрын

It might be easier to explain Neolithic to Bronze transition in that the Neolithic Age was when Mannaz used stone weapons and tools. The Bronze Age came in when Nordmanni began using Copper and Bronze for weapons and tools. Just a thought. Skal, I really enjoy your videos.

@HS-su3cf Жыл бұрын

Hurra for 17. mai. (Because I'm watching on this date.)

@logotec Жыл бұрын

Being from Sardinia, the bronze age is also my favourite period. In the bronze age, the Island had a unique and very developed civilization. Would be interesting to know more about the interconnections between the varoius people of the bronze age in Western Europe and the Mediterranean. I think that they were more interconnected than we think.

@bluefish4999 Жыл бұрын

I'm taking it that's what spurred the Viking invasions, looks like they was just coming out of a cold period around 800 ad.

@oaktreeholler Жыл бұрын

I myself love it when we dig up artifacts from around the world from the chalcolithic period. Transition between the stone age into the bronze age.

@psychologymajorptsd62 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for this one since the museum visit!

@HYDROCARBON_XD Жыл бұрын

I think they should not be called “norse ” in that period,since they were just proto-Germanic and were not only in Scandinavia,but also in northern Germany and Poland,actually Nordic Nronze Age was mostly in Jutland peninsula,and then expanded to gotland island and even its possible that they expanded to Poland

@theslayer1652 Жыл бұрын

I've been trying to watch this for about 2 days now also I have a theory that the Nordic bronze age people are the people from Thule and hyperborea

@bradmakesgains8779 Жыл бұрын

Can you Utiseta and ask your ancestors to tell a myth or story for you to write down from the Nordic Bronze Age since we currently have none?

@ThatGuiKyle Жыл бұрын

Love this, thanks for the great info as usual my man. I've been having a pull towards the bronze age for some time, it's nice to see some content about the previking times of our ancestors. Keep up the great work and thanks for your hard work

@EMB238 Жыл бұрын

So cool seeing the elegant collection at National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

@Raymondgogolf Жыл бұрын

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@inkarnator7717 Жыл бұрын

I have a hard time believing that the Nordic Bronze Age is comparable to the Mediterranian Bronze Age. We could go through many points, but architecture alone is evidence enough in my opinion, to show that they were vastly different cultures. Scandinavians built their houses and settlements in simple, yet effective, manageable and pragmatic ways, whereas Greeks, Egyptians and Middle Easterns built gigantic temples and vast metropolises. I agree though that Scandinavians back then were far from being these unwashed and primitive barbarians who walked around with axes all day, trying to steal shit. In fact, evidence suggests they were pretty sophisticated people, just in different ways than the more famous cultures of the time.

@gadpivs Жыл бұрын

And going beyond that, why would we want our ancestors to have built the metropolises of Greece and Egypt? That would require a huge amount of manual labor, possibly even slave labor, and it would also guarantee that an entire caste of your society is unfree and miserable. Isn't that just one step away from a modern industrialized nation with all of its bureaucracy and class differences? And all to make stuff that looks pretty and glorifies a small handful of elites? By contrast, Germanic women were some of the freest on Earth during this time, most major decisions were made by vote, and leaders were temporary and only listened to for very specific tasks, or sought for guidance rather than social mandates and strict rules.

@starrcitizenalpha7847 Жыл бұрын

But...but...but...muh globull warming! 🤣 Looking forward to Part 2.

@rogerforsman5064 Жыл бұрын

Well you have a land rise since the ice age so it is no mystery why the images are on higher ground! Current value is 10mm/year. The highest coastlines from during and after the most recent ice age are 300 m higher than the current coastline in the Bothnian sea and 20 m higher in southern Sweden.

@marisolrodriguez618 Жыл бұрын

Vendel Era for me

@gregoryleevandall1880 Жыл бұрын

Ty for continuing to do these great videos my friend 😊❤

@Concerned_Robot Жыл бұрын

Wish i could give this video 1000 likes all at once!

@birkknut276 Жыл бұрын

"Actually it was really nice and warm during the bronze age" *How dare you*

@TheRealThaenatos Жыл бұрын

technically we are still in the little ice age. Outside of actual ice ages this is one of the coldest times. Granted we are coming out of this and that is why we are cycling warmer.

@johncurtis6462 Жыл бұрын

I agree with many of your points. But we must be careful to stress that we can't go backwards, we can only go forward. Too many people want to live in the past by throwing out the present. Or want to inflict their idea of a past paradise on

@Valfreyja9 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous stuff! Love that period! Read and seen a lot already, but always want to know more..😊I'm a real history nut and I always want to go back and learn the roots of how everything started🤓Can't wait for the next one!😃💜

@Raymondgogolf Жыл бұрын

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@-RONNIE Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video ⚔️

@Evan_Bell Жыл бұрын

3:50. Sorry to be pedantic, but the Neolithic is distinguished by farming and permanent or semi-permanent settlement, not with the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. That is a characteristic of the mesolithic and paleolithic periods.

@bjornstacy9590 Жыл бұрын

Technically the Germanic folks were Barbarians, cause a Barbarian is just someone who isn't Roman or Greek, not sure when it got the negative connotation of someone uncivilized and dumb. Ohh and today it's not a warm period it's 'Climate Change' get with the times man.. I'm kidding on the last one 🤣 Good video can't wait to see part 2

@LuisAldamiz Ай бұрын

Hunter-gatherer to Bronze? What happened to the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic? I'm pretty sure they had an impact in Scandinavia, at the very least Denmark and Southern Sweden...

@elizabethford7263 Жыл бұрын

Have you seen History Time's videos on the Nordic Bronze Age? I think Pete Kelly's research is excellent and I love to watch both of your videos on the same topic.

@TheKetogenicMadScientist Жыл бұрын

I'd be a fan of Neolithic Doggerland. But that's just me. I always enjoy your videos from either of the two channels!

@Raymondgogolf Жыл бұрын

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@angeriscool Жыл бұрын

@@Raymondgogolf desperate ass

@Cliff82 Жыл бұрын

The bronze age would have been an awesome time to be alive.

@nullgravity2583 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mr. Bronte age history dude, heres a question you've NEVER been asked before: Why on earth did human go from the stone age to the BRONZE age, before entering the iron age? The MOST abundant metals on earth are ALUMINIUM and IRON, THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, YET WE JUMPED STRAIGHT TO BRONZE. Why????? Bronze is arguably HARDER to make, as one needs to figure out how to mix TIN and COPPER, instead of just melting up some iron which is easier to find anyway.

@sarahgilbert8036 Жыл бұрын

Issues extracting iron maybe?

@erikhoff5010 Жыл бұрын

We hadn't figured out how to smelt it yet. But then again, neither had anybody else. The Greeks and Romans were still using Copper weapons when the Teutons created Iron. That's what gave us the advantage over Rome. Read the History of Krupp for more precise information. Skal!

@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 Жыл бұрын

Thats cause Iron age comes after bronze age.......

@DLC1325 Жыл бұрын

As a professional metalsmith, I'm going wager its due to the melting points of the materials. Bronze melts at roughly 1,000 degrees (F) lower than iron making it much easier to work with and doesn't require as much precision in balancing fire and oxygen as it does to reach temperatures that will melt iron.

@Wodanazz Жыл бұрын

Iron compare to bronze is harder to process and refine into a strong usable material, bronze was much easier to process and work with for the time

@mikeblei6870 Жыл бұрын

This is going to be a long video: Video takes 9 minutes hehe

@JohnMiller-iu2sx Жыл бұрын

Somebody follows solar climate theory.

@johncurtis6462 Жыл бұрын

...others. Past, present, and future have equal value, it's what we make of it. Too many say the present sucks and we have to return to traditional values. But that's all subjective. Do your thing. Mind your business.

@HYDROCARBON_XD Жыл бұрын

Nordic Bronze Age was mostly in the north European plain,not really southern Scandinavia,it should just be called northern Bronze Age

@stevenjerde5396 Жыл бұрын

Please don’t listen to the flat earther’s who think everything should remain the same as far as the climate goes!

@YNomadicCreator Жыл бұрын

That ended WAY too fast. It felt like a blink, haha. Are you speaking of the climate changes associated with the planets tilt? If by the rotation to the sun, I thought that cycle was a tad longer? Or the poles switch, which there many theories about, I have no idea which is accurate. Or which theory are you referring if not those?

@dseelenmagie8811 Жыл бұрын

Very nice... grapes in Scandinavia? Du barberer deg ikke? Bar noen uker til. I'm trying, norsk er tøft.

@RedKaktus Жыл бұрын

isnt bronze more difficult to make than iron? has the timeline switched ? bronze is copper and tinn, and were scarcely found..

@fishmonger1908 Жыл бұрын

Well it only gets warm when regular people aren’t paying their carbon tax, ya know......

@flemishlion69 Жыл бұрын

9 min it's not long especially if it's interesting.

@sumerlilangel Жыл бұрын

That's it? Ten minutes? What happened to the loooong video?

@sarahgilbert8036 Жыл бұрын

Har du besøkt Bronseplassen i Høvåg (v Kr.sand)? Kjøp også "Sjamanens Hest" av Gorm Helge Grønli Rudschinat - lagt til bronsealderen.

@Raymondgogolf Жыл бұрын

Hello Sarah I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹

@Bjorn_Algiz Жыл бұрын

Hmm interesting human being your very interesting and peculiar in nature 🤔 hmmm

@nullgravity2583 Жыл бұрын

Best time in history is obviously the age of Atlantis. After the fall of Atlantis, things got steadily worse. In about 2024/2025 things will reach the very lowest point in humanity. After we ascend again. Bronze age was close to age of Atlantis so was for sure a great time.

@asgrim1513 Жыл бұрын

There are people who seriously believe in Atlantis??? LMAOOO

@Leodachef1 Жыл бұрын

@@asgrim1513 Well if you believe it was a magical city with seapeople inside, sure would be huge stretch. Atlantis was probably just a advanced civilisation with huge metropolis that got devoured by the sea because of the sealevels or a huge flood. It is probably just a sunken city never to be found from an old civilisation. There is nothing not to believe in its quite logical and possible, we only maybe mapped up 5 % of the seas around the world, thats nothing, there are probably a lot of cities that got lost in the sea. Not ot believe this is quite dumb and naive. But sure if you think atlantis was a magical city with magical people then probably you are the idiot. LMAOOOO

@asgrim1513 Жыл бұрын

@@Leodachef1 not believing in cities (let's stretch that term) to be sunken and yet to be found yes, that's ist retarded not to believe, but there are literally people who believe atlatnis, á magical place full of mermaids now does exist, and we are talking about grown up people. Í still dont believe that "Atlantis" Or another "city" Was hyper developed that would Match our world today, thousands of years ago, to be sunken with 0 traces left.

@eerokutale277 Жыл бұрын

Nutty climate prophets might disagree with you.

@asgrim1513 Жыл бұрын

People with brains would half agree and half disagree, was the climate always changing? Ofc it was, that's a no brainer, it did happen tho at natures pace, so the trees and life can adept to it, but we're currently firing up the process of climate change in a way that nature has no time to adept to it, that's worrisome because we're actively destroying our eco system.

@birkknut276 Жыл бұрын

how dare you