The Birth of China - Hunters on the Yellow River (20000 BCE to 7000 BCE)

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.

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[belakovdoj]

As someone who grew up in the countryside, I can say that the village is often encircled by an accumulation of garbage, forming a prolonged ring of earth. Within this landfill, plants inevitably sprout, nourished by the discarded remains. Interestingly, due to the fertile soil, these plants tend to grow exceptionally large. It is fascinating to think that the origins of agriculture may have originated from such circumstances.

[ziggytheassassin]

Its so easy to limit my historical perspective to just the past 3000 years but videos like this remind me that it goes back so much further.

[electra]

I am SO EXCITED to watch this!!!! The Birth of Civilization video series is one of my all time favorites, and I am constantly in search of ancient/prehistorical content that can live up to the incredibly high standards the Histocrat has set!

[kylehrenyo]

My jaw dropped when I saw this video, and it dropped even further when I realized that it’s the first in a new series! I absolutely loved the Birth of Civilization series and as an American, I’ve always felt woefully uneducated about ancient Chinese history. I have attempted to educate myself on the topic on numerous occasions, but Chinese history is so long, nuanced, and complex that it always posed an insurmountable obstacle for me on my own. I absolutely cannot wait to dive into this series! I cannot think of a better channel than Histocrat to give this incredible region the detailed and thoughtful historical treatment it so well deserves. I am beyond excited!

[dingdingdong]

This is something we need on Hisotry Channel, not the Pawn Stars, Truck Night, Oak Island, Ancient Aliens and all those things unrelated to the history.

[towermoss]

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[semaj_]

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[Slimysausage]

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[jamesabernethy]

I'll probably end up watching this later as I have a backlog of things to watch. I've followed your channel for a while, I really like history from dinosaurs to ancient rome. I don't comment enough but your videos are so well presented.

[ruththinkingoutside.]

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[f.g.]

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The only thing that put me a little off was how long the intro went on for. I understand it was the introduction not only to this video but to the whole series, but the 8 minutes spent talking about a very different period than that mentioned in the title of the video felt excessively long. That said I still watched, so that's a testament to the quality of the presentation!

[jasonharris]

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[ysxexdx]

Japanese people are familiar with Chinese history, but I am surprised at the ignorance of Westerners about Chinese history.

Westerners don't understand kanji, so I suspect that it's boring to have so many similar pronunciations. Certainly, the pronunciation of proper nouns in Chinese history is similar, but the Chinese characters are different, and the meaning of the Chinese characters carries a lot of information.

[justurboi]

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[alexrator]

The fact that an ancient civilization survived so long and is also currently a world superpower is amazing

[danyelnicholas]

Excellent introduction, now anticipating the extremely interesting subject of your second episode! Thank you!

[urinstein]

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[LordSpuggy]

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