The Birth of China - Farmers of Rice and Millet (7000 BCE

The Birth of China - Farmers of Rice and Millet (7000 BCE - 5000 BCE)

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3 ай бұрын

In the second episode of our series examining China's early history, we watch the slow development of China's earliest neolithic communities, charting the emergence of its first agriculturally dependent cultures, along with increasing signs of social complexity and ritual practises.
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@TheHistocrat 3 ай бұрын

Sources for today's episode (in order of appearance): 1. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 30-37 2. Scarre C (2018) The Human Past, pp. 231-235 3. Barnes GL (2015) Archaeology of East Asia: The Rise of Civilisation in China, Korea and Japan, pp. 166 (Kindle Edition) 4. 1. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 125 5. Underhill AP (2013) Introduction: Investigating the Development and Nature of Complex Societies in Ancient China. In A Companion to Chinese Archaeology, pp. 5 6. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 141-142 7. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 133 8. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 138 9. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 150 10. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 129 11. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 129-151 12. Zhu Y (2013) The Early Neolithic in the Central Yellow River Valley, c.7000-4000 BC. 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Wang J (2021) Early evidence for beer drinking in a 9000-year-old platform mound in southern China, PLOS ONE, 16(8), pp. 1 61. Jiang L (2013) The Kuahuqiao Site and Culture. In A Companion to Chinese Archaeology, pp. 546-548 62. Zhu Y (2013) The Early Neolithic in the Central Yellow River Valley, c.7000-4000 BC. In A Companion to Chinese Archaeology, pp. 172 63. Han J (2012) “The Painted Pottery Road” and Early Sino-Western Cultural Exchanges, ANABASIS. STUDIA CLASSICA ET ORIENTALIA, 3, pp. 27 - Note: The claim by this paper that Baijia’s painted pottery is the earliest in China has been overturned by more recent excavations, see reference no. 60 64. Pei A (2013) The Pengtoushan Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley. In A Companion to Chinese Archaeology, pp. 500 65. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 154 66. Crawford GW and Shen C (1998) The Origins of Rice Agriculture: Recent Progress in East Asia, Antiquity, 72(278), pp. 862 67. Chen S and Yu PL (2017) Early “Neolithics” of China: Variation and Evolutionary Implications, Journal of Anthropological Research, 73(2), pp. 161-164 68. Cohen DJ (2014) The Neolithic of Southern China. In The Cambridge World Prehistory, pp. 769 69. Underhill AP (1997) Current Issues in Chinese Neolithic Archaeology, Journal of World Prehistory, 11(2), pp. 142 70. Pei A (2013) The Pengtoushan Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley. In A Companion to Chinese Archaeology, pp. 501 71. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 155-157, 160 72. Jiao (2006) Lun Kuahuqiao wenhua de laiyuan [Discussion on the Origins of the Kuahuqiao Culture]. In Wenwu, ZhejiangshengYanjiusuo, Kaogu (ed.) Zhejiang sheng Wenwu Kaogu Yanjiusuo Xuekan, pp. 372-9 73. Wang J (2021) Early evidence for beer drinking in a 9000-year-old platform mound in southern China, PLOS ONE, 16(8), pp. 1-16 74. Jiang L (2013) The Kuahuqiao Site and Culture. In A Companion to Chinese Archaeology, pp. 546-548 75. Cohen DJ (2011) The Beginnings of Agriculture in China -A Multiregional View, Current Anthropology, 52(4), pp. S285 76. Pei A (2013) The Pengtoushan Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley. In A Companion to Chinese Archaeology, pp. 503 77. Mc Govern PE et al. (2004) Fermented beverages of pre- and proto-historic China, PNAS, 101(51), 17593-17598 78. Liu L et al. (2019) The origins of specialized pottery and diverse alcohol fermentation techniques in Early Neolithic China. PNAS Latest Articles, 1-8 79. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 16-17 80. Li F (pp. 17-20) Early China - A Social and Cultural History, pp. 17-21 81. Yin R et al. (2008) Preliminary Study of Prehistoric Human Migration Based on Sr Isotope Analysis from Remains at Jiahu, Quaternary Sciences, 28(1), pp. 50-57 82. Lee RB (1968) What Hunters Do for a Living, or, How to Make Out on Scarce Resources. In Man the Hunter, pp. 30-48 83. Boserup E (1965) The Conditions of Agricultural Growth - The Economics of Agrarian Change under Population Pressure. 84. Scarre C (2018) The Human Past, pp. 183-185 85. Binford L (1968) Post Pleistocene Adaptations. In New Perspectives in Archaeology, pp. 313-42 86. Liu L and Chen X (2013) The Archaeology of China, pp. 182-183 87. Li X (2008) Development of Social Complexity in the Liaoxi Area, Northeast China, pp. 117-131

@moxiebombshell 3 ай бұрын

TY for always putting out videos I can actually relax & enjoy, without wondering how much of what I'm watching is BS 😅

@cudanmang_theog 3 ай бұрын

Shang dynasty was founded by kemetic afrakans

@ScorpionXXXVII 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting In the work to produce this for us to enjoy. Great stuff! Subscribed!

@jordanbell4736 3 ай бұрын

The be "scholarly" this would benefit from timestamps; either of all citations, or first citation. Nonetheless this is better citation than nearly all KZfaq history videos.

@Imperiused 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for all the incredible work you put into your documentaries! And thank you for your comprehensive list of citations. Really gives us reading material.

@TheHistocrat 3 ай бұрын

Minor correction folks, I mistakenly say at 0:46 that the woman was holding the bone of a stork. As noted elsewhere this would actually have been the bone of a crane, apologies for the mistake.

@semaj_5022 2 ай бұрын

Hope more people see this. It's always appreciated when creators acknowledge their mistakes and provide corrections, especially in the historical/education space. Thank you.

@PKAClips 15 күн бұрын

Appreciate the updates

@Rosegoldshawwty 3 ай бұрын

Ancient Native American history and ancient Chinese history have always been fascinations of mine that aren’t typically covered. This is perfect for me

@ScorpionXXXVII 3 ай бұрын

I just finished the book 1491: Americas Before Columbus. It's so amazing to me that basically no one knows about the massive societies that existed in South and North America. The book provides evidence that there were millions of people living in communities in the Americas. At least in US schools, we really only learned about the Native American Tribes, Columbus, and the Spanish. The culture and people that lived here are basically unknown to most people living here now.

@andrewfortmusic 2 ай бұрын

@@ScorpionXXXVII Maybe it's the history program at my school, but I learned a LOT about ancient America in my history classes in high school?? I can remember that the Olmec, Toltec, Maya, Aztec/Mexica, Norte Chico, Moche, Inca, Zapotec, Choco, Mississippian, Ancestral Pueblo (known then as Anasazi), Quechua, and I'm sure a number of others I've forgotten were mentioned, if not studied in-depth. It seems pretty well-known that Pre-Columbian America supported large cultures, I even remember reading that Tenochtitlán was among the largest cities in the world by population in the 1500s. I'm really sorry the school system failed you in this way :( But I'm glad we have cool people like you who enjoy learning about indigenous history!

@daveretiredbkk4701 17 күн бұрын

China was colonized just like America and 93 other countries. There are over 40 Million indigenous people in China today. India has 100 Million Indigenous.

@totallylegit2068 13 күн бұрын

@@daveretiredbkk4701 the han are the indigenous though

@Strattios 3 ай бұрын

Hey, I'm not sure if you have read it, but the book Farmers of Forty Centuries by F. H. King is a must read. In 1900, the author, a British Agriculturalist, traveled China, Japan and Korea. One of his notes is how farmers harvested ripe grains by pulling the plant from the soil. They'd rinse, cut off and dry the root ball. This explains many points about farming. One, lack of grain harvesting tools. They just used a knife, not a scythe or sickle. No roots in soil meant less need to till the soil. And the roots were used for cooking fuel. Fast and hot, which is believed to be a reason wok cooking became prominent. I recommend the Dover Publications version as it has many of his original photos.

@HansWurst1569 3 ай бұрын

Interesting, thank you.

@calinbrown517 3 ай бұрын

@@HansWurst1569I agree 💯

@charleshash4919 3 ай бұрын

Removing the roots reduces soil carbon and mineral nutrients (latter return if their ashes are mixed with compost & used to fertilize the soil)

@dv9239 3 ай бұрын

As a farmer from India who cultivated both wheat and rice I can confirm that you can't use a scythe in paddy fields it will result in loss of grain

@lolasdm6959 3 ай бұрын

@@charleshash4919 the river will bring more nutrients regardless so it's fine.

@danyelnicholas 3 ай бұрын

0:51 those amazing early flutes were made of crane shinbone, not stork. It is significant, because the crane was probably an important totem, traces of which survive to this day in a specific affinity between cranes and Confucian scholars.

@dododostenfiftyseven4096 3 ай бұрын

Pit dwellers

@danyelnicholas 2 ай бұрын

@marshalmarrs3269 鶴舞?

@siroyiryuu Ай бұрын

@marshalmarrs3269 幸福的小船/A happy little boat, The BGM of the TV drama "风再起时/When the Wind Rises Again"，Player: 马上又/MA SHANG YOU

@daveretiredbkk4701 17 күн бұрын

The Druids' main bag where they carried their most import items is called a "Crane Bag" because it was originally made from Crane skin.

@Strattios 3 ай бұрын

I love when less covered eras get detailed videos. Thank you 🙏

@ScorpionXXXVII 3 ай бұрын

Me too! There are endless stories to tell. I know the major historical events and Empires get the most attention, but these small stories and details are needed. Always love to learn new things.

@chubbydinosaur9148 3 ай бұрын

So many stories about Europe, even as a European you're done with it at some point. This was extremely interesting!

@tomwallen7271 2 ай бұрын

We hear so much about the cradle of civilization in mesopotamia, but I know remarkably little about the origins of the Chinese civilizations. I must admit, I sort of lump Chinese history into pre-Mao and post-Mao, and despite the time scale, I know about the same about both.

@brandonwinstead7137 3 ай бұрын

Ancestor: *invents tilling fields* Ancestors ankles: "excuse me wtf"

@BigSnipp 3 ай бұрын

Or ancestor's?

@caseypalmateer4515 3 ай бұрын

Yea that what he said...@BigSnipp

@loganlin6109 3 ай бұрын

I think that the “curse” that agriculture brought onto humanity(social classes, organized labor, land ownership, famine, pandemics, patriarchy, etc.), is what the Bible is talking about when it tells the story of Adam and Eve being cursed after eating the forbidden fruit. Maybe the forbidden fruit was the first domesticated plant variety.

@samiulhaq5373 2 ай бұрын

@@loganlin6109🤦

@azuaraikrezeul1677 2 ай бұрын

patriarchy is still superior to matriarchy.@@loganlin6109

@Replicaate 3 ай бұрын

I always wondered how much the distant folk memory of these ancient cultures influenced the much later dynastic historians' accounts of the Xia Dynasty and Five Divine Emperors. Also, the music in this episode is particularly lovely, really sets the scene of Neolithic asia.

@amandarios448 2 ай бұрын

O yes very nice music and beautiful drawings

@siroyiryuu Ай бұрын

This is traditional Chinese rural music, mainly composed of 笛/flute, 萧/Xiao, 埙/Xun. I have been thinking about when there will be fanatical Korean and Japanese nationalists who claim to have created these things.

@MrTaxiRob 3 ай бұрын

48:50 it could be plague that kept life expectancy low in sedentary cultures. Besides faster transmission, they were living closely with their livestock often in the same structures. I'm guessing most acute respiratory diseases wouldn't leave any evidence in skeletal remains, either.

@jamescody183 3 ай бұрын

Your videos are great quality TheHistocrat, especially with the muck on KZfaq these days. I love the smooth, academic, researched fully referenced anthropology. I'm midway through, looking forward to seeing more of this series!

@siroyiryuu Ай бұрын

Hello, I also have the same feeling. KZfaq, X, Tiktok and other platforms are full of political brainwashing garbage, as are Reddit and Quora. It's very hard to find gold in SH1T, which makes me tired.

@levitatingoctahedron922 3 ай бұрын

22:10 I think it's funny how childrens toys don't seem to exist in the minds of many archaeologists.

@chubbydinosaur9148 3 ай бұрын

I remember when they found a house that was filled with small clay figurines of all sorts, typical archeologists, they immediately thought it was some sacred ritual place to sacrifice whatever the figurine represented. Later when someone looked at the figurines under a microscope, they noticed that the fingerprints on them were particularly small, child sized... they had discovered a neolithic kindergarten 🤦🏻 Grangran was making clay figures with the kids while the mums and dads went hunting and foraging.

@Ulfrich_Stormcock 3 ай бұрын

Kids have been playing with action figures for millennia

@noksuan59 2 ай бұрын

entertainment was mentioned which is a catch all term but I do agree archaeologists have biases in the way they interpret data.

@Replicaate Ай бұрын

@@chubbydinosaur9148 what the hell that’s actually so sweet.

@Kristen-wd2wi 3 ай бұрын

I have been waiting eagerly for this since finishing the first episode when it came out last year. Thank you so much for this! Appreciate all your effort ❤

@compactwoodhplcladding 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic content. As a Chinese, I actually think that all human beings have one ancestor.

@tesmith47 3 ай бұрын

Science agrees with you, she was African

@victorperezurbano9504 3 ай бұрын

As a Spanish, that's beyond reasonable doubt

@compactwoodhplcladding 3 ай бұрын

Adam and Eve@@victorperezurbano9504

@lolasdm6959 3 ай бұрын

every living thing on earth have one ancestor.

@compactwoodhplcladding 3 ай бұрын

Adam and Eve@@victorperezurbano9504

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 3 ай бұрын

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage episode about Chinese berth ( 7000-5000 ) BCE in Neolithic and Parathilic...thank you for sharing

@DinoFuzz1988 3 ай бұрын

Your videos are amazing. I always get excited when I see an upload. I legit watch them over and over 😅

@samuelleandro2275 3 ай бұрын

I'm not even that interested in Chinese history, yet here I am learning about its pre-history. Amazing channel.

@johnnyexponential7229 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff, Charles! Fascinating and just at the right time too. Thanks!

@willstar8095 3 ай бұрын

Its 4:30am here in NZ... Thank goodness for occasional insomnia.

@zashtys 3 ай бұрын

5:30am here in Canada, same

@williamwarfield7630 2 ай бұрын

This is absolutely superb. Please, continue to do more historical videos such as this

@dermeistefan 3 ай бұрын

Always happy to see an upload from you.

@lukejohnson1349 3 ай бұрын

Babe wake up we HAVE to watch this immediately

@augustoch.7341 3 ай бұрын

Literally me shaking my wife awake this morning to show her Ettore's artwork featured in this video.

@admiralsquatbar127 3 ай бұрын

6 hours ago Luke died a horrible death, his crime was waking up his wife to watch a video.... we shall mourn his passing.

@rationallyruby 3 ай бұрын

@@augustoch.7341the art is amazing!

@Jacobthejewela 3 ай бұрын

Why is everyone's gf always sleeping 😅

@JerboGod 3 ай бұрын

@@JacobthejewelaThey be hibernating creatures lad.

@exotictasterthe3rd295 3 ай бұрын

Yes happy to see an upload! Thanks to all involved.

@deiansalazar140 3 ай бұрын

HYPE! Please do Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Tibet, Thailand, Laos, and India in the same way as this series! This is my favorite historical documentary series right now!

@wobber17 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your work. You have a great sense of what makes a video like this good.

@DIMITRI_- 3 ай бұрын

Ich habe mich sehr auf die Fortsetzung dieser wunderbaren Reihe gefreut, ich werde sie verschlingen. Grüße aus Brasilien 🇧🇷🇧🇷

@Football__Junkie 3 ай бұрын

Ja wohl

@RangerGucci 3 ай бұрын

Dude this is awesome I've been waiting for this

@myleskennedymaxfan 3 ай бұрын

I was waiting for this since the first one dropped. I'm a happy man, thank you

@Aphasiesc2 3 ай бұрын

Excellent! Been looking forward to this one!

@MarcusAgrippa390 3 ай бұрын

Yes! Been waiting for this one, so thank you Histocrat!

@BigSnipp 3 ай бұрын

Comma Histocrat.

@arturofuente4832 3 ай бұрын

Enjoyed it at 80% speed. Extra time to mentally absorb each word.

@Bjorn_Algiz 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating and informative to say the least ❤ loved the this!

@Ktotwf 3 ай бұрын

Love China content. Really looking forward to your next Druid video.

@mumblingmercian3386 2 ай бұрын

Criminally under watched. For the algorithm!

@tickticktickBOOOOM 3 ай бұрын

I think what drove early farming more than anything was beer. I don't think anything else would make the extra work and lower overall quality of life worth it.

@kenzashenna 3 ай бұрын

You forgot about opium.. And food in general. We're definitely all addicted to staying alive😅

@erlint Ай бұрын

What is bearable and comfortable is entirely relative to our previous experiences, what would be considered hellish for us could be normal for them and what we take for granted could be rare luxuries that would be cherished memories. The people of the future will probably look back to our time and wonder how we endured and didn't just off ourselves from the strain, just like we view our past.

@SarahTheRebelOfficial 3 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you for another great video

@naam_loos 3 ай бұрын

I love falling asleep to your videos, so soothing and interesting!

@michellejnickel 3 ай бұрын

Me too, and then I always rewatch it while I'm awake so I can actually watch the full thing. But always after I fall asleep to it first so I don't remember anything from it, keeps me from sleeping.

@naam_loos 3 ай бұрын

@@michellejnickel I like to think that I subconsciously absorb the knowledge from the videos, but when rewatching that's not the case at all haha

@zhubajie6940 Ай бұрын

I was lucky to be able to visit the Henan Museum, which displays many of the Jiahu site artifacts, including a flute made from a cranes upper arm bone and some of the earliest Chinese characters (though not yet writing) on turtle plastrons, the flat portion of shell.

@bigyeet5857 3 ай бұрын

I can't wait another 8 months for the next video, I'm so excited!

@HebaruSan 3 ай бұрын

6:52 - I didn't know that China had its own Doggerland. Very interesting!

@kiyoshitakeda452 3 ай бұрын

Interesting series. Enjoyed.

@ProducoesBatata 3 ай бұрын

Tava precisando dum vídeo seu pra ficar feliz

@decem_sagittae 3 ай бұрын

Love the artwork

@bombadil776 3 ай бұрын

This stuff is so cool. Thanks for making this story.

@paulmanners5382 3 ай бұрын

You my friend never disappoint

@Davlavi 3 ай бұрын

Another great video.❤

@fnansjy456 3 ай бұрын

How was researching it effected by language barrier (unless you speak chinese). Is their much translated into english? Looking foward to watching the video ,keep up the good work

@MrGksarathy 2 ай бұрын

Prehistoric and early ancient China has really caught my interest as of late because it's fascinating just how different that world is compared to modern or historical China. I mean, human activity since this time has heavily altered the landscape, especially in the North, and a lot of the amazing animals and plants these people lived alongside are basically gone now, which is a crying shame.

@NettiGaming Ай бұрын

❤ yay!!! I so look forward to these documentaries

@theblackfox8920 3 ай бұрын

Another video to add to my constant re watch list

@sophiafunworldatthepark6740 3 ай бұрын

Very good information. Thanks you for sharing. I learned a lot about China.

@mynameisnotcory 3 ай бұрын

As an enjoyer of rice and millet, i cant see anything else as a bigger win

@FutureMythology 3 ай бұрын

There are countless intriguing tales concealed within China's past just waiting to be discovered! 'The Birth of China' film takes viewers on an enthralling tour of China's complex past, illuminating the country's long and storied past and its deep cultural legacy. For anybody interested in learning more about this extraordinary culture, this is an absolute must-watch.

@boworna7629 3 ай бұрын

This channel is such a hidden gem

@tarunhari1144 Ай бұрын

Have been reading up on the beginning of agriculture in China...Great to see a documentary on this period

@desertshield 3 ай бұрын

Fine work. 👌🏼

@ambassadorcartwright9127 3 ай бұрын

Oh my god it’s Christmas! I know what I’m doing this evening 😊

@PipeOPhile 3 ай бұрын

"The only way to do it justice was to split it across multiple individual videos" Yees.. YEEESS!!

@jackharvey5613 3 ай бұрын

I love this channel

@edg3818 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@calebheckert4145 3 ай бұрын

Does anyone know if there is any way to get ahold of map he was using? I’m trying to start a dnd campaign that runs through the Stone Age to the modern era and I need maps to go with the info I have from these videos🙏🏼🙏🏼

@vinniepeterss 3 ай бұрын

love this

@Abdal-RahmanI 3 ай бұрын

My GOD HISTOCRAT DROPPED!!

@crowvii Ай бұрын

These are soooooo good!!!!!

@karsaorlong3761 3 ай бұрын

I see new histocrat video, i press like

@maligjokica 3 ай бұрын

The art is superb. Who is the author. Is there link to this artist?

@thychozwart2451 3 ай бұрын

Check the description, it has two links

@welcometonebalia 3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@costrio 3 ай бұрын

Once a hunter gatherer gets a taste of beer, and don't have to walk hundreds of miles? Shall I grind your grain for another pot of beer?

@sD-lo4sx Ай бұрын

Thank you

@letsclimb5828 3 ай бұрын

Ahh, I remember when these events happened. I was much younger then

@franciscoamorim2077 3 ай бұрын

Queen Elizabeth, is you texting from the grave?

@phoebehill953 3 ай бұрын

We had such better music back then!

@dr.kraemer 3 ай бұрын

Domestication isn't an on-off switch either. Probably for a long time there were just a bunch of chickens living off of the primary refuse, and they got kind of chill about being around people over the generations. That could happen with occasional, gradual progress for a long time.

@elizabethford7263 3 ай бұрын

When will the next part be up????

@SnakeBush 3 ай бұрын

Why didnt you cover the mamoth and saber tooth battles?

@nphipps9406 3 ай бұрын

thanks

@chandlertheramhandler 3 ай бұрын

THEY’RE BACK

@cosmicsaipen875 17 күн бұрын

Where did you get that music which was played on the start

@asdfghjkl92213 17 күн бұрын

Hey I just visited the Hangzhou museum mentioned in the video, it’s not much but it Does have a interesting architectural design

@user-zh8og4bn7s 2 ай бұрын

謝謝！

@desertdaisymarie6951 3 ай бұрын

That was fascinating!! I've got an idea about why farming became a thing, alas, I'm not an academic..

@nyeallison3758 3 ай бұрын

Damn I needed this

@rorywatson3998 2 ай бұрын

And the voice goes up at the end of SENTENCES

@c.b.8193 Ай бұрын

1:52 why doenst the neanderthal join in with some mozart from europe for the nice modern restaurant style chinese music

@c.b.8193 24 күн бұрын

♥

@c.b.8193 24 күн бұрын

ok mom?? wowowowowow wow. so hot only @arianagrande . please thx love

@sonarbangla8711 3 ай бұрын

The first rice found in the Gangetic valley came from a Chinese variety long before 7000 bc.

@bomnimegu9322 Ай бұрын

In India there is state called Arunachal Pradesh where cultivataion of millets was an indiginious practice since early generation but now it is slowly declining and less popular. Now it is high time to encourage millet cultivation and revolutinized.

@ntsejfamyaj 10 сағат бұрын

Amazon robots domesticated rice. The Jiu Li, Xia, and Speckles the Tarbosaurus fought for domination around the Yellow River valley.

@dododostenfiftyseven4096 3 ай бұрын

Amen

@old.chatterhand2000 29 күн бұрын

Vielen Dank für diesen Beitrag. Es sieht demnach ganz so aus, als wären die Entwicklungsschritte der Menschheit in Europa und Ostasien parallel verlaufen. Da ist eigentlich kein nennenswerte Unterschied für mich erkennbar. Die Schlüsselfrage ist sowohl in Westeuropa, als auch in Ostasien: "Warum nahmen die Menschen einen deutlich schlechteren Lebensstil an? Und wann begann die Geschlechtertrennung? In Westeuropa wurden die Höfe grundsätzlich an die Söhne vererbt, während die Frauen mit 17 das Haus verlassen mussten und eigentlich nur noch als Gebärmaschinen und Arbeitskräfte dienten

@zainmudassir2964 3 ай бұрын

The boatman in the thumbnail saying hi to us. 😊

@CultureTripGuide-HilmarHWerner 3 ай бұрын

what do the numbers on your pictures refer to? thanx.

@JerboGod 3 ай бұрын

It is citing the sources he uses for each statement made. Sources in his comment.

@CultureTripGuide-HilmarHWerner 3 ай бұрын

@@JerboGod thank you for bothering. but I can't find the "comments".. when I click on the downward chevron I get the description but no list of sources...?

@76rjackson 3 ай бұрын

@@CultureTripGuide-HilmarHWernerscroll to the first comment of them all.

@JerboGod 3 ай бұрын

@@CultureTripGuide-HilmarHWernerOf course, mister. The pinned/top comment with the sources is on the comment section, you can find it scrolling down.

@CultureTripGuide-HilmarHWerner 3 ай бұрын

@@JerboGod thanx!! got it! (but why doesn't he put this list into the description?)

@Simtar123 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video! Now i wanna go play sapiens :)

@tumblebugspace 3 ай бұрын

@47:22 - Why? Because the carbohydrates are *addictive.* 😳

@SloveneAnon 3 ай бұрын

Let's fucking gooo

@lifeonthelake4367 3 ай бұрын

With one grain of rice

@TomFynn 2 ай бұрын

In 1755 Samuel Johnson published the first dictionary of the English language. At that time, the first Chinese dictionary was already 2000 years old.

@vinniepeterss 3 ай бұрын

❤❤

@webuyhouse8917 3 ай бұрын

This is true I was there

@Jacob-sg7xq 3 ай бұрын

When did they acquire the Mandate of Heaven though

@MH-ms1dg 2 ай бұрын

Sarah Allan claims the Mandate’s precursor can be traced to the Zhou plotting to overthrow the Shang based on a prehistoric supernova, as a sign from the ancestors.

@SverreMunthe 3 ай бұрын

23:23 I wasn't aware China had connections to mesoamerika that early. Hint, that's maize, or corn if you like, and it wasn't cultivated in China at that time, to my knowledge.