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  1. The ancient Irish also had mythological spears: the spear of Lugh, the spear of Cuhulain and another which legend says came from their homeland and was given to the Tuah De Dannon by a great God. All of them had magical powers.
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  2. Very well researched. Fascinating to compare the crew size with settlement size. I wasn't aware of this theory
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  3. Bronze Age Europe is so fascinating. I really like the stylistic expression of the period. Really wish I could go back and see what it was like, without dying or being enslaved..
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  4. Imagine having to go over 40m underground to mine copper with nothing but candlelight--and nothing to protect you from collapses other than rituals... geez
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  5. Fascinating, it shows that Early Europe was a fluid, ever changing world back then even before recorded history was collected. It could make a nice TV series if more details were available.
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  6. Please do more of these! I love being able to visualize what people looked like when I read historical fiction, so this is just right up my alley. Well done 👏
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  7. Remember lads; always aim to be so famous your enemies make a passtime of your death. Really love these videos Dan, great history coverage.
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  8. Wow, the notion of goldsmith-kings reminds me of how blacksmiths (and other skilled workers) were often regarded as magic in pagan and medieval cultures. Must be an old idea. Fascinating video!
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  9. "Their hearts truly lay in peace and quiet and good, tilled earth." Excellent Tolkien quote. I approve.
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  10. wow, The Bronze age is truly one of the most interesting and important ages of man!
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  11. There was an interesting paper that hypothesized that heavily bronze armored warriors in Mycenaean Greece in the Late Bronze Age was a similar change in fighting doctrine like the introduction of plate armor in the Late Middle Ages. It upset the mix of light infantry and charioteers that came before. Almost immediately at the same time you see slender but robust Naue II swords, narrow bladed spearheads, maces, and spiked war hammers, all traditional "can opener" weapons.
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  12. that moment when a history youtuber starts talking about a village you lived close to for decades
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  13. This reminds me of the “werewolf” trials of repulsive killers like Peter Stubbs. It seems like the medieval mindset categorized the most vile serial killers into monsters and witches, because frankly it’s more satisfying than the non answers of modern criminal psychology
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  14. "While Heracles has his wood..." * Proceeds to zoom in on crotch*
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  15. I love reading the comments on this channel. It truly is a very informed, educated audience here. Very enjoyable!
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  16. burning the house down and building a new one sounds like a kind of purification ritual, done for probably several reasons, including the ones you mentioned. a new building is less likely to have collected mold and disease, and may just be more structurally sound than the previous construction, as they learned new building techniques.
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  17. A nice refreshing review of this amazing character, told in a great way. Glad you didn't follow the popular opinion. Richard wasn't perfect but he was a hero, let's remember that.
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  18. Love the Louis Vuitton rip off comparison. I feel like that detail somehow humanises these people so much - they cared about the prestige of their belongings just as we do. It’s a fascinating reflection.
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  19. Been studying this part of history & even it's mythology a ton lately, in preparation for my next episode. This is yet another sync encountered in my research. skål 💪🏽🐻
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  20. Absolute banger, as always. Paleolithic society vids always fascinate me, since it always seems that their cultures and ways of life persist for far longer periods of time than our cultures tend to in more recent times.
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  21. I'm so curious about these metalworking "shamans," and the power that their knowledge conveyed. The knowledge would give a culture such power, it's a wonder they shared it with outsiders.
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  22. It is truly incredible that so much history hinged on the life of this honorable fellow that is relatively unknown today. Even as an American I owe him a debt of gratitude due to his role in sealing and reissuing the Magna Carta, which has been so influential in shaping our own conception of Anglo-American law. You have done us all a huge favor in bringing his story to life here, thanks Dan.
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  23. Great content. This brings into mind the connection of the agogi of Sparta, the Wolfskin-wearing Roman Velite Skirmishers and the Viking Beserkers even if they are all separated by so much distance. Keep it up.
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  24. That was a fascinating documentary. The fact that all modern horses are descended from the steppe warriors' horses was amazing
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  25. This story is better than anything Hollywood could come up with.
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  26. If I had had you as my professor in college, this would’ve been far and away my favorite class!
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  27. If Botai horses were not domesticated then we need not assume Przewalski's horses were ever domesticated since they descend from Botai horses. The big DNA paper looking at steppe horse DNA has been in the pipeline since 2018 and still isn't published but when it is out we will know for sure whether modern horse breeds descend from WSH horses and that will be very telling in regards to who domesticated them. As for mounted warfare - i don't believe WSH used horses in battle either. I think they would be perfect for scouting and also as symbols of power to intimidate enemies though.
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  28. I am very impressed by the respect you have for ancient cultures and beliefs - you never denigrate how societies from back then considered things, such as smithing/metalworking and the perceived metaphysics surrounding it. You speak about it as if it's a perfectly legitimate worldview and I appreciate that greatly; I feel it communicates a tremendous, and proper, amount of respect to those that came before us. It respects the logic they had, and showcases how sensible the way they interacted with their world was. Cheers, Mr. Davis. Phenomenal work specifically relating to the topic, too.
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  29. this is one of the most amazing documentaries about Otzi i've seen!! didn't even realized it was almost 45min long, i was so captivated by the narration and care given to the info provided. Me personally being from Mexico, i wonder what amazing stories of my ancestors have been lost because forests and jungles don't preserve their remains, and because of the intervention of Conquistadors
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  30. I just love your channel Dan. :D BY FAR my favorite channel that covers bronze age content. It's crazy how empty this niche is in the youtube history community, and you are filling it AMAZINGLY! It always blows my mind how long these periods of history actually went on. We have such a warped frame of context in the modern world of what 'progression' looks like. These people lived virtually the same way as their ancestors 50 generations removed. Can get lost in that thought for days. :)
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  31. Many years ago, when I was a little girl of 6 or 7, my father visited an old farmer (West Jutland, Denmark). I think it was to keep me busy so the adults could talk without my interference that this old man took me to two wooden chests that stood on the floor and opened one of them. It was filled to the brim with “funny” stones, and he explained that they were different tools. I asked who had made them and he replied "your great-grandfathers, thousands of years ago". I can so vividly remember this exact moment; I was so fascinated that I hesitated to touch these stone tools, and when I did, I felt a strange sense of comfort by holding something my “great-grandfathers” had made. To this day, when I pass burial mounds or stone dolmens, I feel an urge to touch. I have observed that many others do the same, some people even give old stone tombs gentle pats.
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  32. So we got a people of great Smiths, living in the moutains and mining precious materials... Wait were those Dwarves ???
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  33. Vaqueros, Cossacks, Gaúchos, Hussars, Cowboys, Cattle Drivers, all came to existence thanks to those peoples and their technology. Amazing
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  34. Bronze Age armour would be interesting.
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  35. Dan you make fantastic content. But. These bronze age videos you make are the absolute best. You're the only person ive seen who makes easily digestable long form content like this. Thank you!
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  36. Interesting hypothesis. An interesting side note. I read that Alaskan Indians have a myth that the "dog originally lived with the wolf in the deep woods. But one night, during the subarctic winter the wolf told the dog to sneak into the village of man to steal fire, and bring it back to the wolfpack. The dog was discovered in the village by the humans, who proceeded to feed it salmon, and...the dog abandoned its mission to steal fire, and opted to live with man, and has done so ever since. Interesting how the ancient Greeks have the myth of Prometheus (the man who stole fire from the gods), and Alaskan natives believed that an animal, in turn, tried to steal fire from humans.
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  37.  @DanDavisHistory  yes, our dances can be very slow and the bodies extremely close and interwoven, but also very fast, often the two are alternated. They are used for everything, literally. I find it fascinating too how humans can preserve such traditions but on the other hand, they are so powerful and primal, it's difficult to let them go. Btw, it's the same with the figurines. I know of so many ways of using figurines in healing, weather spells or personal spells/rituals in Bulgaria, that it just irks me to hear how little is considered in modern science. Btw, huge thank you for your videos and research and the beautiful way you present everything.
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  38. Wow. Some of the best narrated content on prehistory online. Very excited to have found your channel.
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  39. The Marshall of England ! Amazing that more movies have not been made about this guy and his astounding life.
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  40. Man there is something to the Horse warrior than never fails to stirr the heart. The Freedom under the endless sky? Great video.
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  41. Thank you from Únětice, Czech republic 🇨🇿
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  42. The Shardana were possibly the majority of the reason for the Mediterranean horned helms, as the more we learn about the collapse, the more it seems that they were connected with the Mycenaeans. Not from bloodlines but through alliances, as the Greek sphere of influence formed settlements all around the Med, from the Iberian peninsula and southern France around the coastline, both north and south (but more predominately the north). Eric Cline's book 1177 goes into things quite deeply, and helps bring together many ideas regarding tribal interconnection and the reasons for the Bronze-age collapse.
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  43. Fantastic video as always Dan! Looking forward to the one on men's styles. I do talks at events on historical cosmetics in the medieval world and to fully grasp cosmetics practices it's REALLY hard to not "start at the beginning...." and give the patrons a 3 hour long lecture because it really does all go back to this time period!
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  44. Take a shot every time he says ritual
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  45. Thank you so much for this! Prehistoric and ancient Iberia is one of the most underrated historical topics of all. Original people of the Iberian peninsula and their wonderful art, their relations with Celts and Carthaginians, "the boring province" of the Roman Empire, the conquest by German tribes. I don't get why these subjects don't get more attention, but your video is that much more valuable because of that.
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  46. I can't believe I'm only just hearing about these chaps.
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  47. Us Indo-European’s are just tasty. It’s one thing to capture Europe & Central Asia, it’s another to do so while looking amazing.
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  48. It goes beyond even just Indo-European as seen with Marduk vs.Tiamat in Mesopotamia and Ra vs. Apep/Apophis in Egypt.
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  49. I've always been fascinated in the concept of myths and legends as some kind of cultural memory vaguely recalling the past. Discovering your channel which focuses a bit more on this aspect of myths has been a great experience for me.
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  50. I like the idea of them holding it up to the sun and going 'the sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray'
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