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The Birth of China - The Dawn of Inequality (5000 to 3000 BCE)
In the third episode of our series examining China's earliest societies, we explore the increasingly complex societies of the Middle Neolithic. Over the course of 2000 years we see the emergence of early rulers and religious figures throughout the cultures of Northern and Southern China, along with the appearance of ritual architecture and prestigous burials on an unprecedented scale.
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The Flying Dutchman - Mythillogical Podcast
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On our second ever solo episode, Charles takes a deep dive into the briny seas of the 18th century, to track the origins of the phantom ship of legend. Over the course of a hundred years of voyaging we'll watch the slow development of the Dutchman from merely an unfortunate vessel doomed by storms and plague, to an ill omen for all who encounter her. Join this channel to get access to perks: ua...
Amaterasu and the Japanese Creation Myth - Mythillogical Podcast
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So folks, it’s been a while! On today’s episode Crofty and Charles journey to the land of the rising sun, to examine the head of the Japanese pantheon and mythical ancestress of it's Imperial family, Amaterasu. Together they examine her earliest appearances in Japanese myth, along with wider theories as to her origin and evolving significance in Japan’s culture. Join this channel to get access ...
The Birth of China - Farmers of Rice and Millet (7000 BCE - 5000 BCE)
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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. Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/SwFnHpDt-lZgR_7Sqisi6A.htmljoin Help support us els...
The Fairies: A History - Mythillogical Podcast
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On today's episode Charles and Crofty run the risk of being trapped in fairy land on a quest to understand the origins of its famous denizens. Together they trace the history of these mysterious creatures throughout Britain and Ireland, examining how they evolved from elusive elves in Anglo Saxon times, to the regal fairy courts of Elizabethan literature, before finally take their iconic forms ...
The Sumerian Dog Joke That Makes No Sense
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Hey folks, here's a quick side video examining the meaning of an old archaeology meme that did the rounds last year! Its deliberately very different from my normal style so I hope you enjoy! Next video will be a normal documentary style episode or a podcast! References/corrections are in the pinned comment below! #Sumerian #archaeology #babylon Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.c...
Voodoo Trickster Gods of Africa and Haiti - Mythillogical Podcast Mini
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Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get up to 60% OFF your subscription ➡️Here: go.babbel.com/t?bsc=1200m60-youtube-thehistocrat-jun-2023&btp=default&UA-cam&Influencer..thehistocrat..USA..UA-cam Who's that figure standing at the crossroads? After following Anansi’s journey from Africa to the New World, today’s bonus episode sees Charles and Crofty investigate two other trick...
The Birth of China - Hunters on the Yellow River (20000 BCE to 7000 BCE)
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On the first episode of a new series exploring China's early history, we examine the scattered hunter-gatherer communities of the Chinese Upper Paleolithic, following them as they slowly adopt a more sedentary way of living, and sow the seeds of both plant and animal domestication. Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/SwFnHpDt-lZgR_7Sqisi6A.htmljoin Help support us else...
Anansi the Spider - Mythillogical Podcast
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Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get up to 60% OFF your subscription ➡️Here: go.babbel.com/t?bsc=1200m60-youtube-thehistocrat-jun-2023&btp=default&UA-cam&Influencer..thehistocrat..USA..UA-cam Today Charles and Crofty discuss the enigmatic trickster, Anansi the Spider, tracing his origins on the fringes of West African society and religion, to his evolution into a symbol o...
Beowulf, Hero of the Old English - Mythillogical Podcast
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On today's episode Crofty makes a triumphant return, joining Charles to wax poetic about Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic rich in historical and legendary connections, and to ask if the eponymous hero was a poet’s creation, or a figure of legend himself? Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/SwFnHpDt-lZgR_7Sqisi6A.htmljoin Help support us elsewhere at: www.patreon.com/thehi...
The First Punic War - The War At Sea (264 - 256 BC)
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In today's video we examine the the opening decade of the First Punic War, which saw it evolve from a conflict over the single city of Messana to a war to decide the ownership of Sicily. Starting as a war on land, it eventually resulted in one of the biggest naval conflicts in human history, including perhaps the largest sea battle in human history, the Battle of Ecnomus. #Rome #Carthage #histo...
The Bell Witch - Mythillogical Podcast
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Note: Original Podcast released on 31st October 2022 on audio platforms On an impromptu Halloween episode, Charles finds himself lost in the woods on the trail of the Bell Witch of Northern Tennessee, tracking it from the first accounts of the early 19th century, through to its fullest and spookiest of incarnations. Enjoy! Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/SwFnHpDt-l...
The Earliest Creation Myths - Mythillogical Podcast (w/Mythology With Mike)
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On today's episode, Charles is joined by special guest host @MythologywithMike to take a voyage through two thousand years of Mesopotamian History! Together they track the earliest surviving Creation myths, beginning with the fragmentary creation myths of the Sumerians, through to the Epic Creation myth of the Babylonian period, the Enūma Eliš. Check out Mike's channel here: ua-cam.com/users/My...
The Royal Death Pits of Ur
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In today's video, we dive into the mysteries surrounding the Royal Cemetery at Ur and its associated Death Pits, examining who exactly was buried there, what Sumerian mythology has to say about the rituals conducted within, and whether it constitutes Mesopotamian's only known example of human sacrifice. And beyond these question, we examine the Cemetery's biggest quandary of all. Were its buria...
Bigfoot, Part 2 - Mythillogical Podcast
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The search for Bigfoot continues, as Charles and Crofty discuss Patterson and Gimlin’s famous Bigfoot film, sketchy salesmen with claims of a captured Sasquatch, and even attempts to identify Sasquatch DNA. This video was edited by Byron Lewis, check out his youtube channel at: ua-cam.com/users/ByronLewis Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/SwFnHpDt-lZgR_7Sqisi6A.htmlj...
Bigfoot, Part 1 - Mythillogical Podcast
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Bigfoot, Part 1 - Mythillogical Podcast
Ireland and the Druids
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Ireland and the Druids
Perseus and Medusa - Mythillogical Podcast
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Perseus and Medusa - Mythillogical Podcast
Vampires, Before Dracula - Mythillogical Podcast
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Vampires, Before Dracula - Mythillogical Podcast
The Battle of Hastings - History Mystery w/ Byron Lewis (Guest Video)
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The Battle of Hastings - History Mystery w/ Byron Lewis (Guest Video)
Osiris, Lord of the Dead - Mythillogical Podcast
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Osiris, Lord of the Dead - Mythillogical Podcast
Gilgamesh and the Flood
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Gilgamesh and the Flood
Robin Hood - Mythillogical Podcast
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Robin Hood - Mythillogical Podcast
The Wild Hunt - Mythillogical Podcast
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The Wild Hunt - Mythillogical Podcast
Histochat w/Stefan Milo - Talking History Youtube, Neolithic/Steppe Migrations
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Histochat w/Stefan Milo - Talking History UA-cam, Neolithic/Steppe Migrations
Heracles, Part 2 - Mythillogical Podcast
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Heracles, Part 2 - Mythillogical Podcast
At the Mountains of Kong, Part 1
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At the Mountains of Kong, Part 1
Heracles, Part 1 - Mythillogical Podcast
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Heracles, Part 1 - Mythillogical Podcast
The Birth of Civilisation - Rise of Uruk (6500 BC to 3200 BC)
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The Birth of Civilisation - Rise of Uruk (6500 BC to 3200 BC)
Yōkai - Mythillogical Podcast
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Yōkai - Mythillogical Podcast

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @LindaMerchant-bq2hp
    @LindaMerchant-bq2hp 14 годин тому

    Cuneiform

  • @LindaMerchant-bq2hp
    @LindaMerchant-bq2hp 14 годин тому

    Southern Tigris Euphrates Mesopotamia Gilgamesh tower of Babel Babylon

  • @LindaMerchant-bq2hp
    @LindaMerchant-bq2hp 14 годин тому

    The land was Sumeria Sumer Ur first language, city state empire in history

  • @mohammadjihad569
    @mohammadjihad569 19 годин тому

    25:00

  • @1marcelo
    @1marcelo 21 годину тому

    There is no dawn of inequality. All social primtes have unequal social structures.

  • @lazy_nyt
    @lazy_nyt День тому

    Inequality is, to me, very toxic word almost exclusively used for agenda ridden talks only with manipulative intents. What does really even mean, as it sounds something like injustice, unfairness,.. and how come it's with ethical/morality undertone like implications as bad and evil nature in it? And also ultimately lead to agenda with ideologies like communisms etc (which basically try to benefit from undesirable aspects of free markets and capitalism as... 'those are sinners and since I am pointing out their sins, I'm a saint by default' type lol) Btw as for communism, here's what i remember about conversation I had (long time ago) with old man who fled china as a youth during their civil war. Started by me asking whether he believed in such ideology and he plainly said no and as for my follow up 'why no', he said (not exact wordings) "why would anybody work at all when you get same rewards at end of each month? I want to sleep until late just like everybody but why do you think I try to get up earlier than the others to open my shop? You know the answer. Communists insist otherwise." anyway long story short, after lengthy talks, finally i asked him why then some people seems to believe it if that's stupid as he pointed out (that old man lacked any formal education), he said "it's their job. they make living out of it by saying such things. If you want to know whether or not they believe in their own words, ask thier home address and go see their house got doors or not. If there's a door, then they aren't willing to share what's inside their house with some random strangers on the streets walking by. Where's their talks of equality gone? Why wouldn't they share thier wives with other guys? Right? They talk to make a living out of it and it's even a lazy way of making living in my opinion. Me and my family faced starvation for their revolutions, shouting slogans and robbing farmers food, left us to die, they all same, we were among lucky survivors." That's communism folks. Rip old man.

  • @johnmichalski5981
    @johnmichalski5981 День тому

    Gobekli Tepe shows us that permanent temples predate agriculture and farming villages by quite a lot. Hunter-gatherers built impressive temple complexes more than 12,000 years ago.

  • @Vito-yp5wh
    @Vito-yp5wh День тому

    The use of BCE and CE is a sign of historical dishonesty.

  • @soaringbumnm8374
    @soaringbumnm8374 День тому

    Dawn of inequality...is that a dei requirement ?

  • @abbyfran821
    @abbyfran821 День тому

    everyone complaining about the intro can choke ❤ for every complaint i hope you make your next intro one minute longer. i like hearing about the hosts lore between each other and how it might relate to the topic at hand and it was especially relevant today! glad to hear you guys are moving up into the works of sponsorships! such a fantastic topic I've never heard anything about before today!

  • @FulviusDecimusMeridius
    @FulviusDecimusMeridius День тому

    This documentary would be much better if the names of the places were pronounced right and the music featured to it wasn't orientalist, instead, used real music associated with the region, those things were really off putting, but nonetheless, this gives a rough, surface level point of view of how things might have happened over there. So, thank you for the content.

  • @2jam134
    @2jam134 День тому

    Anyone here because of Jamie?

  • @Replicaate
    @Replicaate День тому

    The more things changes, the more they've stayed the same...a fantastic video as ever!

  • @musicguy20
    @musicguy20 День тому

    Oh wow they used Native American pottery

    • @rencechannel2240
      @rencechannel2240 18 годин тому

      Nope. Native American inspired by prehistoric Chinese state

  • @YouTubdotCub
    @YouTubdotCub День тому

    So excited for this one!

  • @KIL0
    @KIL0 День тому

    What a crock of shit

  • @wobber17
    @wobber17 День тому

    China number one!

  • @dfamadorvlogs5622
    @dfamadorvlogs5622 День тому

    Why their are so many history about China as todays

  • @Ai-he1dp
    @Ai-he1dp День тому

    Which one of Abraham's sons founded China?

  • @jsupremo1502
    @jsupremo1502 День тому

    Why this narrator sound like a baby

  • @Nobody-s824
    @Nobody-s824 День тому

    Histocrat = the cure for insomnia. In a good way!!

  • @stephenenders2066
    @stephenenders2066 День тому

    I like your video tho. But around the world people have the same accounts. For a reason ✴️🪬

  • @stephenenders2066
    @stephenenders2066 День тому

    I spent over ten years studying what my phoenician ancestors and globally what people accounted for deity worship globally pre rome It matches countless paranormal stories. Dozens of alien species leaked by top officials if us and Russian government for a while too There are nice ones that warned us. I get downloads from blue sirians. The hindic deities in certain woods They are healing and nice. Very old and wise. Up to 9th dimensional density. Humans are brainwashed in a covert slave system we just got sold out to the d bag collective ⚠️👁🦎💁🏾‍♀️ There are many nice ananeuki reptilians and Grey's too But those three make up the cikarhh collective that has infiltrated our top institutions and industry. Everything is backwards for control. On purpose. We n3ed to use love and understanding to break thru the lower dimensional veil If you use pattern recognition you can already do that tho and keeping frequency higher ✴️💁🏾‍♀️

  • @stephenenders2066
    @stephenenders2066 День тому

    Most of it is based on misunderstood aliens Deities. Fae .etc Many species already here. We are kinda brainwashed by society not to see some really basic things ❤

  • @metacob
    @metacob День тому

    What I find fascinating is that these people were biologically almost identical to us. If we almost died out and left nothing behind other than one generation of people who had only been taught how to survive in the wilderness, it might take them many generations, probably thousands of years, to reach a level of civilization like our current one. Maybe it would even take them thousands of years to even figure out farming. And they might never make it to our level again because we've depleted the easily accessible parts of some resources that were required by industrialization, so it's like there's a few rungs missing in the ladder now.

  • @jeneral-jeff8402
    @jeneral-jeff8402 День тому

    I love how suddenly, after hundreds of years of recorded history and before then oral history, becomes under dispute in the late 19th and 20th century. Almost as if a concerted effort was placed in order to discredit ancient tales and myths.

  • @hahafunnyhaha4216
    @hahafunnyhaha4216 День тому

    Your videos are the only thing that get me through the tedium of my day-job.

  • @user-km4mj7nl3n
    @user-km4mj7nl3n 2 дні тому

    What about the vast amount of ancient pyramids all over China? No mention?

    • @caocao4731
      @caocao4731 День тому

      Bit too early. Those would most likely be in the next episode.

  • @carlosfernandez5833
    @carlosfernandez5833 2 дні тому

    This is amazing! Would be pretty cool if eventually there was a playlist for each of the cradles of civilization, which I’m addition to Mesopotamia and China would include Egypt, the Indus Valley, the Olmec, and the Norte Chico. Would be cool to learn about my Olmec ancestors, though it would probably be best if it were left for last, along with Norte Chico, so by the time you get to it there will be a bit more information known about these relatively poorly understood civilizations.

  • @malcolmlewis5860
    @malcolmlewis5860 2 дні тому

    Farming makes valuable places and piles of stored energy. These places can be attacked, raided and occupied with the locals enslaved and killed. The enslaved can be put to work on agriculture. This drives the emergence of a warrior class who tend to be male and who tend to take over. If women are used as warriors, the side thauses them will have more warriors at first, but as reproductive rates fall, there are less warriors. He male warriors form alliances with shamens to control the underlings better with fantastic narratives. And so here are today.

  • @davidfirmino3829
    @davidfirmino3829 2 дні тому

    Was the title written by US state department? Certainly inequality did not start in China, or better it would be impossible to know but we can guess it started in tbe first human community. Did China have the first human community?

    • @SarahTheRebelOfficial
      @SarahTheRebelOfficial 23 години тому

      The name makes more sense if you watched the previous video. He is saying that in the context of the more egalitarian culture that this culture supplanted.

    • @davidfirmino3829
      @davidfirmino3829 19 годин тому

      @@SarahTheRebelOfficial that makes more sense. thanks for the reply

  • @myleskennedymaxfan
    @myleskennedymaxfan 2 дні тому

    loved it! thanks for the great work, as per usual :D

  • @tiggytheimpaler5483
    @tiggytheimpaler5483 2 дні тому

    Just thought I'd clear out the shit takes in here really quick 动态网自由门 天安門 天安门 法輪功 李洪志 Free Tibet 六四天安門事件 The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 天安門大屠殺 The Tiananmen Square Massacre 反右派鬥爭 The Anti-Rightist Struggle 大躍進政策 The Great Leap Forward 文化大革命 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 人權 Human Rights 民運 Democratization 自由 Freedom 獨立 Independence 多黨制 Multi-party system 台灣 臺灣 Taiwan Formosa 中華民國 Republic of China 西藏 土伯特 唐古特 Tibet 達賴喇嘛 Dalai Lama 法輪功 Falun Dafa 新疆維吾爾自治區 The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 諾貝爾和平獎 Nobel Peace Prize 劉暁波 Liu Xiaobo 民主 言論 思想 反共 反革命 抗議 運動 騷亂 暴亂 騷擾 擾亂 抗暴 平反 維權 示威游行 李洪志 法輪大法 大法弟子 強制斷種 強制堕胎 民族淨化 人體實驗 肅清 胡耀邦 趙紫陽 魏京生 王丹 還政於民 和平演變 激流中國 北京之春 大紀元時報 九評論共産黨 獨裁 專制 壓制 統一 監視 鎮壓 迫害 侵略 掠奪 破壞 拷問 屠殺 活摘器官 誘拐 買賣人口 遊進 走私 毒品 賣淫 春畫 賭博 六合彩 天安門 天安门 法輪功 李洪志 Winnie the Pooh 劉曉波动态网自由门

  • @daviddieter8294
    @daviddieter8294 2 дні тому

    When hearing the Epic it seems there's a lot of little themes and ideas that were borrowed for other cultures stories, ideas and concepts. Epic tasks, love refusal, revenge, loss of friend, 6 days and 7 nights, transformation, statues, journeys, ends of the earth, scorpion man, Garden of the Gods, lions, skins, boatman, search for immortality, flood to drown man, challenge to stay awake, second chance, serpent, city wall, netherworld and underworld. It's so clear the myths and stories that are carried on from culture to culture and used, transformed and passed on. Fascinating. Myths are so powerful. Storytelling.

  • @jasonshapiro9469
    @jasonshapiro9469 2 дні тому

    It only makes sense that if you invent raising pigs or growing rice you get buried better..that sounds reasonable to me

  • @jdavid50
    @jdavid50 2 дні тому

    BCE is stupid. If you're going to use Pope Gregory's calendar, then notate it properly.

  • @TomMorrison-cc6xw
    @TomMorrison-cc6xw 2 дні тому

    Extraordinary contribution to what we currently know about early pre-Chinese culture. Really appreciate the various sources you quote, including Chinese archeologists. I'm always surprised when I start comparing dates between proto-China & the world's other river cultures. I need to remind myself that the climatic conditions in the Far East are NOT conducive to preservation of materials. The Nile Valley & even the land between 2 rivers with their unpredictable flooding are much drier -- bordering on desert. So knowing, for example that Egyptian Dynasties had come & gone long before what could be called "China" existed, or other aspects of the timeline have to be viewed in that context. We'll have a HUGE amount of re-evaluation to do as more evidence arises -- from Paleolithic to some of the well-known eras. Thanks for giving such detail & I'm eager to see what's next.

  • @zainmudassir2964
    @zainmudassir2964 2 дні тому

    China is an ancient land with many mysteries yet to be revealed

  • @yewtoob2007
    @yewtoob2007 2 дні тому

    The accent is fine. The chant-like delivery could use some variation.

  • @sketchjennings3878
    @sketchjennings3878 2 дні тому

    I am a meat popsicle

  • @Dedog0
    @Dedog0 2 дні тому

    fantastically high quality video, but please invest in a better mic. a lot of words just fade into nothing and it makes it really hard to follow along! good job tho on everything else

  • @jmiquelmb
    @jmiquelmb 2 дні тому

    Wow weird thing flying in the sky starting around 18:30. Looks like a plane?

  • @babyfactory587
    @babyfactory587 2 дні тому

    At the end of every sentence you raise the pitch of your voice.

  • @Channel-ch8wm
    @Channel-ch8wm 2 дні тому

    One should look at the alchemy documents and images around that time (there are striking similarities), to understand what the manuscript is talking about. That should be the steps to decoding it...

  • @Sparkling34
    @Sparkling34 2 дні тому

    "here's some ads" "if you have been feeling distant from the lord you probably haven't been reading bible"

  • @TDroid-0208
    @TDroid-0208 2 дні тому

    After you finish this series, you should go on to mesoamerica, after a well deserved break of course

  • @blendbeast7322
    @blendbeast7322 2 дні тому

    I love the civ 3 ancient era background music😂

  • @mitchyG90210
    @mitchyG90210 2 дні тому

    Incredibly detailed, hats off to all the research and work done!

  • @leggonarm9835
    @leggonarm9835 2 дні тому

    How did they use those tools with the hole? Seems very modern like it locks into a wooden handle, but idk.