The Ancient History Thread

[Julio_Geordio]

Is that an ancient spelling of ancient?

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@TheUlteriorMotive

That audible book is brilliant

[Lazarus]

Noted

[Lazarus]

The Great Courses? Unrale

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Yep. The guy reading/lecturing is quite humorous

[iron_mike]

@Lazarus

Welcome to the Ancient History thread, a thread to debate all matters pertaing to ancient history.
We begin today with the oft argued chestnut,
Who invented the Phalanx?

It is a common misconcepion that Alexander the Great invented the Phalanx military formation. While Alexander did indeed export it throughout the known world with outrageous success, it was in fact his auld fella, Phillip II (who was murdered in mysterious circumstances) who developed it from its primitave Sumerian origin into the all conquering battle juggernaut of its day.

Sumerian Phalanx from the time of King Eannatum of Lagash over Umma circa 2500 BC

Archtypal Greek Phalanx from the time of King Phillip II circa 350 BC

**Note of interest **
Although the 6 metre long spears look and serve the same essential function as pikes there were in fact called Sarrisa’s back in those days

Fantastic thread kid

[TheBlackSpot]

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B073P6TMPK?_encoding=UTF8&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=price-asc-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader

[Lazarus]

This guy made DIY documentaries of his podcast, best History thing I’ve seen in years

8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities

[StoneCold]

Doesn’t come under “Ancient History”, apologies @Lazarus, but The History Guy channel on YouTube is a worthwhile watch. This is his latest video:

Ireland in the Second World War

[Lazarus]

Subscribed. I wouldn’t be one for dickie bows myself but I think they are a must for any serious historian

[TheBlackSpot]

Ah now here @Lazarus

[Lazarus]

Well Holy Fuck. Truly a man of high esteem @TheBlackSpot

Ive watched a few of them now but that ones my favorite. The Sumerians have to be the most underrated civilization in History. They fucking did it all bar invent sliced bread. That lad puts the History channel to shame. I’m in the market for a good doc now about Çatalhöyük if you every come across one

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@TheBlackSpot - probably a bit highbrow for you but struggle through it and its worth it

https://youtu.be/d2lJUOv0hLA

[TheBlackSpot]

@Lazarus

Çatalhöyük

bits and pieces

Çatalhöyük (Catal Huyuk) and the Dawn of Civilization

Çatalhöyük: Life in an Ancient Settlement

Çatalhöyük: a 9000 year old town - Ian Hodder (Stanford University)

[Lazarus]

You’re a lovely man. Pay no heed to the big bad wolves around here.

[TheBlackSpot]

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy

probably a bit highbrow for you

Yep, I’m a wee bit like yourself - blind and illiterate - just a wee bit, leaving out the blindness and illiteracy.

[Lazarus]

@TheBlackSpot

12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud

[TheBlackSpot]

@Lazarus just came across these

11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans (Part 1 of 2)

11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans (Part 2 of 2)

[Lazarus]

Lovely

[TheUlteriorMotive]

‘That’s a lot of teeth’: 2.5 billion T rex walked the earth, researchers find