A Short History of War

History Unplugged Podcast · Jan 24, 2023 · 50m

Some anthropologists once believed that humanity lived in a peaceful state that lacked large-scale warfare before the arrival of large civilizations and all its wealth inequality and manufacture of weapons. But archeological findings have shown over and over that warfare dates back as far as homo sapiens themselves (such as the Bronze Age Battle of Tollense River, about which we known nearly nothing, save that 5,000 soldiers fought each other with primitive weapons).

Throughout history, warfare has transformed social, political, cultural, and religious aspects of our lives. We tell tales of…