Horseback Riding and Bronze Age Pastoralism in the Eurasian Steppes

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  @toddgardner6355 · 5 years ago

  As a boy that grew up with animals, we "threw ourselves" on everything we could for a ride. Dogs, goats, sheep, horses, cattle, didn't matter we tried to ride it.  When I made it to the ocean as an early teenager, I learned to run and jump off docks to land onto the backs of migrating leapord sharks to get an underwater ride.  Part of the nature of a wild boy is to ride a wild animal.

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  @vonschmoth441 · 5 years ago

  I wish there would be more stuff in media about the tribes of eurasia and central asia like the scythians, yuezhi, turkics or huns in books, movies etc

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• JA

  @jasonshapiro9469 · 2 years ago

  All you have to do is listen to thus guys voice and you know the data is legit when it comes to bronze age pastoralism

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• PE

  @PeteV80 · 5 years ago

  Most significant group in history.

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• JU

  @julesgosnell9791 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Might a better word to describe these pasturalists' vehicles be 'caravan' (as in a Romany caravan rather than a group of camels) instead of 'wagon'. When I first heard the word 'wagon' linked to these people I imagined a vehicle used to transport heavy items from A to B but this talk has opened my eyes to the idea that they were actually mobile living spaces - which makes much more sense. If you are a pasturalist you are going to have a minimal number of posessions, the biggest of which are probably the components of your shelter (e.g. yurt) which you have to take with you because they are not easily replaceable. So a 'wagon' seems overkill for their transport. However, if you are frequently moving, a caravan' is a great idea because it saves you all the calories of continually unpacking and repacking your e.g. yurt...

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• SI

  @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands · 9 years ago

  great lecture!  clears things up a lot

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• SU

  @susamekmek3101 · 3 years ago

  Around <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QapUGZ0ObjA&amp;t=1740">29:00</a>. Kent mountain region of kazakhstan. There is &quot;ergenekon legend&quot; about a small refugee group, from a defeated clan, took shalter in a land hidden between montains. Group stays there for generations, become a strong nation/horde again and defeat their former enemy. Places like Kent mountain may be one of the inspirations for this legend.

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• CM

  @cmcod5464 · 7 years ago

  Wonderful lecture w mastery of the material and a marvelous gift for clarity

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• CA

  @CassandraPantaristi · 10 years ago

  Excellent presentation on the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

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• OW

  @owejay7981 · 12 years ago

  Excellent.

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• AR

  @armcelt · 14 years ago

  Thanks! Very interesting!

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• DA

  @davidanderson9664 · 6 years ago

  fascinating talk, thank you. &nbsp;D.A., J.D., NYC

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