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@husbandsonfollowerleader91332 жыл бұрын
Thanks for creating, awesome work as usual
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Nice one, cheers. And thank you for watching!
@KT-ur7pi2 жыл бұрын
Truth is Dan, in spite of Skillshares advice to hook your viewers in the first ten seconds of your videos, we were hooked before you uploaded it. Fabulous work mate 👍
@johnssmith40052 жыл бұрын
Do you have any idea if the Geats from Sweden are the same or related to the Getae from Dacia ? the names are way to similar to be just a coincidence
@CaucAsianSasquatch2 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thank you
@smilodnfatalis552 жыл бұрын
*Guy mounts horse* Horse: "Wh- what are you doing, steppe bro"
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
😂
@benwarren42282 жыл бұрын
That's enough internet for a day
@ellerose91642 жыл бұрын
Epic😂
@mattaffenit98982 жыл бұрын
... I think that's enough of living for one day, I'll see you tomorrow, bye.
@charly9962 жыл бұрын
Next thing the horse does? Throw off the ‚bro‘.
@AsiniusNaso2 жыл бұрын
Somebody develops lactose tolerance -> domestication of the horse -> series of dominoes -> I am wearing pants four thousand years later
@missourimongoose76432 жыл бұрын
I killed a deer a few days ago with a recurve bow as well lol
@polka23dot702 жыл бұрын
These people were smart and creative, but they cannot be mentioned in textbooks because they do not fit into politically correct education curriculum.
@phredphlintstone64552 жыл бұрын
@@polka23dot70 and not because artifacts are hard to find? And not because without some written language it's much harder to document? And not because it's a large area to search? And not because it doesn't really matter who rode horses first?
@AndrewTheMandrew5312 жыл бұрын
@@phredphlintstone6455 no, it’s because they were white
@annohalloran60202 жыл бұрын
A far distant mother would urinate a puddle on a bowled rock. A stag or reindeer type creature came to drink it for its minerals. She tamed and milked and bred this deer. Hello Bambi
@kilpatrickkirksimmons50162 жыл бұрын
Love this channel. A British novelist comes out of nowhere to drop fire Indo-European content. Well done, man.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@vijaykumarnadaraja5312 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dan Davis for your marvellous documentaries. If a German or a Swede were to have made such documentaries, they would have been chased out of town by the leftist woke thugs.
@alexanderren10972 жыл бұрын
@@vijaykumarnadaraja531 There’s a Norwegian fellow that has good videos on similar topics though typically not as ancient history as Dan's stuff
@lachlanbell83902 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderren1097 Where's this Norwegian fellow you speak of?
@johnbutler3702 жыл бұрын
Indo European is not the correct historical term......🤔🤔
@McShag4202 жыл бұрын
First time I clicked this fast, people hadn't even domesticated horses for riding yet. Thanks again, Dan!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
lol you were right in there bro. I hope you enjoy the video.
@ajithsidhu71832 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory more on indo aryans in india please
@cernunos81532 жыл бұрын
The replacement of essentially all of the previously domesticated horses by the Sintashta breed is such an interesting historic phenomenon. While clearly a dominant military force, the Sintashta must have also wielded significant economic power due to the widespread demand for their superior horse breed. It’s definitely a topic I need to do some reading on! Really interesting Dan.
@deanfirnatine78142 жыл бұрын
The New World version being the Nez Pierce with their Appaloosa breed named after the rolling hills of the Palouse Prairie
@nobody83282 жыл бұрын
Yes! And he goes on to say that superior breed and other advantages allowed those people to expand southwards, into the land that would eventually become the Persian Empire. I've always known that Arabians are the oldest horse breed, I just didn't realize ~how~ old that was!
@myparceltape11692 жыл бұрын
If the horse is not troubled by back pain (gene GSDMC) and which will not startle too easily (gene ZFPM1) that makes it useful as a domestic animal. Spread across Europe using the stallion from this horse, meaning there are a multiplicity of Y genes. Some of them became feral. Like the mustangs.
@jokers7890 Жыл бұрын
@@deanfirnatine7814 huh? there were no horses in north america......there were some ancient ones millions of years ago before humans.....but otherwise all of the horses came from europe in north america
@Laurencemardon Жыл бұрын
Cernunos in the vanguard At the revival of The nerd herd.
@mydogbullwinkle2 жыл бұрын
Man, it blows my mind just how routine it was for the entire Old World to get flipped like a pancake whenever some new player finished researching Animal Husbandry, Archery, and the Wheel, and built a Horse paddock on a Steppe/Grassland tile.
@yeraycatalangaspar1952 жыл бұрын
Man there is something to the Horse warrior than never fails to stirr the heart. The Freedom under the endless sky? Great video.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@deanfirnatine78142 жыл бұрын
That is why we romanticize the Cowboy so much
@robertomassa7312 жыл бұрын
The endless sky was the God of the Eurasian steppes horse warriors. TENGRI The Eternal Blue Sky Möngke Kök Tenger PEACE.
@yeedbottomtext75632 жыл бұрын
It is within you
@chadthundercock3440 Жыл бұрын
@@robertomassa731 dyus pater
@darktyrannosaurus222 жыл бұрын
Vaqueros, Cossacks, Gaúchos, Hussars, Cowboys, Cattle Drivers, all came to existence thanks to those peoples and their technology. Amazing
@mukhumor2 жыл бұрын
Afghans. Etymology Avestan The Sanskrit word ashva, Avestan aspa, and Prakrit assa mean "horse", while ashvaka (Prakrit assaka) means "horseman", "horse people", "land of horses", as well as "horse breeders" Pre-Christian times knew the people of the Hindu Kush region as Ashvakan, which literally means "horsemen", "horse breeders", or "cavalrymen", since they raised a fine breed of horses and had a reputation for providing expert cavalrymen
@kirkjones96392 жыл бұрын
Cattle drivers? Do you mean Drovers? At least that is what they are/were called on the plains and Western mountains of the US. That is what they are still called in the county records, out here. Not sure what they are called elsewhere. I was one for some of my misspent youth, on the High Colombia Plateau.
@onkelgroen2 жыл бұрын
Also samurai were originally horse archers.
@GON-f9l2 жыл бұрын
And Knights?
@HornyIndianMan2 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget Mr.Hands! R.I.P in peace brave horse lord 🤠
@edoboleyn2 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in Central Asia, ~3000 BC “Guys, if it worked on horses, why wouldn’t it work on tigers?!”
@jayscards86402 жыл бұрын
Milking or riding tigers? 🐅🐯
@dunruden97202 жыл бұрын
What's B.C?
@jayscards86402 жыл бұрын
@@dunruden9720 Before Christ. Alternatively, historians also use the terms B.C.E (Before Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era). In either case 3,000 B.C or 3,000 B.C.E. happened about 5,000 years ago.
@nikobellic5702 жыл бұрын
You've never owned cats, have you? All felines are independent. If anything they bend us to their will.
@michaelsvensson903717 күн бұрын
@@dunruden9720 before christ
@paleochris23582 жыл бұрын
I believe in Caesar's Gallic Conquest he wrote about the charioteers causing quite a bit of panic for the Romans in Britain. Great content.
@EdwardOfEastAnglia2 жыл бұрын
Yeah he said they were effective with there tactics. Britons had upgraded their chariots with iron wheels, or at least iron spokes, and they had massive shields, because they would mount and dismount there chariot to fight on foot. Leaving there chariots just behind them so if the fighting turned ugly, they could mount there chariot and gallop off. I believe in the contested naval landing initially near Dover, the Romans took significant casualties.
@tylerdurden37222 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say panicked. The Romans were irritated. The Britons used chariots similar to how the US used Helicopters in Vietnam. Briton warriors, transported on their chariots, would be dropped off, the warriors then fought on foot. As soon as things became disadvantageous, these warriors would be picked up by their chariots and escape with ease. They were an incredibly slippery foe. Ceasar had a very hard time pinning them down...and so he decided to switch tactics and attack their supply forts instead of trying to pin this slippery foe down in a pitched battle.
@paleochris23582 жыл бұрын
I agree. It was a long time ago when I read Caesar. If I remember correctly nearly as soon as they arrived there was enemy contact and the charioteers got involved straight off.
@Thor-Orion10 ай бұрын
Just look at what Cortés did with 16 horses. Only six of them had names. (The last bit is a joke, but with so few would it have killed him to give the names on the other ten?)
@EMER-w6l4 ай бұрын
But the Romans won
@AMANAPLANACANALPANTS2 жыл бұрын
equestrianism and the concept of chivalry are deeply intertwined. many people associate chivalry with the middle ages, but it has existed long before like a thread stretching from the indoeuropean invasions through to the medieval period. the horse and it’s significance to human history is fascinating.
@deanfirnatine78142 жыл бұрын
Horse milk and the Indo-Europeans linked with ability to tolerate lactose unlike many races?
@missourimongoose88582 жыл бұрын
The story of the camel is much the same
@dabo50782 жыл бұрын
Load of horse shit. Chivalry did not exist before the Middle Ages, unless you argue conscripted Roman legionaries practicing army/unit traditions are considered “chivalry”. Chivalry is the product of feudal societies not horses. Another note, many German warriors and warbands, who would become the knights of European states when they took over pieces of the empire, fought mostly on foot.
@mattia10262 жыл бұрын
@@dabo5078 Chivalry is not just the orderly army type, it can even be more disordered and less regulated and stardadised and if you think we've had to wait until the middle ages for that sort of thing, you'll sorely be disappointed.
@dabo50782 жыл бұрын
@@mattia1026 The very foundation of Chivalry is the empahsize of your duty and loyalty to your lord. You would be hard told to argue chivalry exists in Roman legions when they assasinated and replaced emperors on a whim.
@User8888hdjsjsjshgdhsb Жыл бұрын
Greetings from descendant of Sintasha culture. Pamir, Tajikistan, Central Asia, Turan, Eastern Iranian
@HistoryTime2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff as always
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
@ruththinkingoutside.7072 жыл бұрын
Love seeing my favorites overlap 🥰🥰 appreciate you guys!!
@MrTTuguldur2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing traditional Mongolian life style exclusively in your video. Cheers from Mongolia
@inspiringtone29752 жыл бұрын
How interesting. Horses helped humans progress more than we realize. Horses should forever be honored and cared for as they carried us throughout history.
@bookwormaddict39332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I've begun to re-research an old manuscript to improve it and to re-write it. I've decided to put my Masters' Degrees to good use through storytelling. Lots of fertile, untold stories throughout the entirety of human history.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@madfrosty52282 жыл бұрын
We must preserve the old tales , they are a part of us and very important if one wants to understand him / her self and our ancestors . The realisation of how much knowledge and history was lost and forgotten saddens me greatly , we must save as much as possible ! Thank you both for your efforts 🐺
@bc71382 жыл бұрын
I was unfamiliar with a lot of the dates for the adoption of horses for combat, therefore I was genuinely surprised at how late in history mounted cavalry were used by the Chinese for instance. Same with the Greek Dark Age - I had always thought that the Greeks had adopted cavalry not too long after the Bronze Age collapse, but it appears centuries after the fall of Mycenaean civilisation for cavalry to become widespread. A very informative and thought provoking video.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@NiejakiDD2 жыл бұрын
I was not aware either. Great film, very enlightening. Also I appreciate the rare effort to gather high quality footage/resources. Thank you. 🤝
@Kenshiroit2 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that the myth of the centaur, half man half horse is a ancestral memory of the early encounter of locals with these steppe raiders.
@Laurencemardon Жыл бұрын
@@Kenshiroit yes I’ve heard that Theory also. It’s interesting that there is no evidence of this possible initial misunderstanding being modified as rumoured further encounters with these fantastic creatures clarified the situation. One possible explanation is that the equestrians mostly avoided the non horse herding populations …perhaps to preserve their advantage in knowing how to domesticate horses and ‘ exploit’ their unique potential. Dec third from Canada 🇨🇦
@Thor-Orion10 ай бұрын
Yeah, well think about how hard it would be to transport large quantities of horses of Phoenician era ships. So for island city states the widespread adoption of Calvary would be slow.
@amalgama20002 жыл бұрын
The thing with the Eurasian Steppe is that the more western you get, the better the climate and weather is (from arid to semi-arid/temperate). E.g. Ukraine has mild winter and tolerable summer, but Kazakhstan has harsh winter and insufferable summer. Also, famous Ukrainian chernozems gave the best grass for the pastoral herds. Every sane person wants to have a better life, steppe nomads weren't an exception. Hence, we have this unending chain Yamna-Cimmerians-Scythians-Sarmatians-Alans. As soon as you get into Ukrainian part of the Steppe, you have two options: to stay or to try going even more western (Pannonian plain), but in order to get there you need to pass the Carpathian mountains. Living a good life in the western most part of the Steppe and contacting with civilizations like Greeks and Romans made nomads more civilized and hence soft and weak and then new pretenders, more feral and desperate, immediately took their place. After IE nomads there were Turkic and Mongolic tribes like Hunns, Bulgars, Avars, Pechenegs, Cumans and finally Tatar-Mongols who brought the nomadic war tactics and way of life to the extreme. Also, Madjars (Finno-Ugric) who managed to preserve their language and culture (Hungary), although their genetics is almost indistinguishable for the surrounding nations. But all this nomadic dominance have ended when the Europeans invented rifles :)
@mr.purple17792 жыл бұрын
"Hence, we have this unending chain Yamna-Cimmerians-Scythians-Sarmatians-Alans. As soon as you get into Ukrainian part of the Steppe, you have two options: to stay or to try going even more western (Pannonian plain), but in order to get there you need to pass the Carpathian mountains." They were not Mongol-type nomads. All these peoples were seasonal pastoralists cattle breeding. And there is also evidence of the genetic and cultural continuity of generations from the early nomads to the modern Tatars.
@Mcbignuts Жыл бұрын
Like a funnel channeling barbarians deep into the womb of Europe to impregnate her with their strength ... I'm such a pervert lol couldn't help myself
@Sasha.Z. Жыл бұрын
Fun fact... Bulgars are still call the same way as they did thousands of years ago. The modern day Dunabe Bulgaria , established after Great Volga Bulgar(modern day Ukr and Rus) in South Eastern Europe kept the name of the ancestors and exist almost for 14 centuries. Very few in Europe survived the same ancient name they had in past.
@torobay Жыл бұрын
Rifle is not European invention, as a matter of fact.
@gideonros27057 ай бұрын
@@torobayWho was the inventor than??
@edwardealdseaxe52532 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see more content on the Sintashta culture, very fascinating stuff.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you yes they deserve a dedicated video for sure.
@dreamok7322 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite short quotes about chariot fighters: "... by daily training and practice they attain such proficiency that even on a steep incline they are able to control the horses at full gallop, and to check and turn them in a moment. They can run along the chariot pole, stand on the yoke, and get back into the chariot as quick as lightning" (Gallic War, IV.33). It must have been a sight to see
@paleochris23582 жыл бұрын
Great video. It's unbelievable how far we've come now with archaeogenetics. The prehistoric past is richer then most could ever imagine. Ty
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes it has already been revolutionary and it is still ongoing - we've barely scratched the surface really. Very exciting.
@AmandaSamuels2 жыл бұрын
It’s so interesting that it takes a novelist to arrange all these pieces in a credible way. I wish the BBC would get you to present a series on this prehistory. Maybe you could talk to a group that makes good quality documentaries?
@deanfirnatine78142 жыл бұрын
Sadly the BBC quality is not remotely what it used to be. The BBC is more concerned with making woke indoctrination TV series than they are with making wonderful educational historical documentaries like they used to do, after all history is "problematic".
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods2 жыл бұрын
The origin and expansion of equestrianism! One of my favourite topics! BTW, Dan, I'm a recent Patreon supporter who asked recently for a recommendation of one of your books. Thanks again for the amazing content!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you very much. I hope you enjoy this one too. See you on Patreon.
@tonymaurice41572 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory im pretty sure it's Scythian... No, K
@Thor-Orion10 ай бұрын
@@tonymaurice4157oh they’re Scythians, but they’re also the Hyksos and Hittites and Phrygians and Luwians and Mycenaeans. They’re R1A1 and it’s offshoots and related Haplogroups. Once they get access to that Lebanese cedar they also become incredible sea farers and the lineage branches into two distinct groups- Scythian and Phoenician (not to be confused with Carthaginian or Punic, which is strictly a merchant class with no warriors of their own, heavily reliant on mercenaries from other parts of the Phoenician “confederation.”) which later lead to the Northern sea farers of the Viking age, with some steps in between. The Hittites gain control over present day Lebanon in 1274 bc. They clear out of Anatoli in 1190 bc, which is right when the Sea People event happens. Anatolia had become a war zone with the approaching Assyrians and so the Hittites cleaned out their valuables and fled by boats out of Canaan to everywhere else in the Mediterranean. My thesis is that the Scythians resettled them in other lands under their control, which also included places they didn’t control like Britain and Spain. Haha.
@polka23dot702 жыл бұрын
This is the best video made by Dan Davis! I knew the basics before I watched this video and I could not find any mistakes in the video. I would mention Akhal-Teke cremello horses - they have blonde hair and blue eyes, so they look like the Caucasoids who domesticated them. I am surprised that Dan Davis mentioned Amazon myth, but did not mention centaur myth.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, delighted to hear that. Yes the centaurs were in the first draft but it was such a long video I had to cut lots out. I will make more videos about these peoples in future. Cheers.
@ellerose91642 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory I would not mind if your videos were even longer. Just take the time you need to tell what you feel is relevant :)
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@Laurencemardon Жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory the variety of film clips and stills is fantastic and seems very well integrated with your script. Skills talent dedication and focus!!
@karlfimm2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff! I've always assumed that the earliest domesticated horses were very small - too small to take the weight of a rider, but could be used to pull a chariot where the rider's weight is carried on the wheels. Eventually they'd be bred bigger and able to take the load of a rider.
@19angela712 жыл бұрын
An awesome analysis of ancient hose riding cultures. A summarized overview of evolution of steppe warriors.
@ChrisVillagomez2 жыл бұрын
I find myself coming back to your videos all the time, it almost feels like puzzle pieces fitting together the way we can learn so much about human culture across the planet through these videos
@Joyride372 жыл бұрын
Interesting topic for a new video: a 2019 paper linked Bronze Age Luwian hieroglyphics with symbols on Gobekli Tepe - specifically the hieroglyphs for God and Gate, with the symbol shapes relatively unchanged for several millenai. While it’s pretty unfounded to say the Gobekli Tepe builders language was some proto-PIE or cousin related language and invented writing. The builders were likely one part of the genetic ancestral block for Luwian speakers, and it does show a symbol continuity in Anatolia, with at least two pictographs maintaining a rough meaning for a good 10,000 years before being adopted for formal hieroglyphic writing
@OmmerSyssel2 жыл бұрын
Considered it all being nothing but nationalistic nonsense?
@volfrax2 жыл бұрын
So happy to see such well researched and obscure topics getting a voice on youtube. I found your videos yesterday, and I have watched them all at this point. Thankful to be along for your journey. Thanks again!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, welcome to the channel I'm very glad you found it. Cheers!
@jameswells5542 жыл бұрын
Oh the Parthian Shot, from which we derive the term Parting Shot. Funny how a form of practical marksmanship utilized for centuries around the world by equestrian warriors, prior and after, can be named for a single group of practitioners. Hell, even the Plains Indians utilized it, and they were separated by two oceans from where it originated, and ain't a chance in hell they picked it up from someone else.
@pangayawherewolves34702 жыл бұрын
It is a well known phenomena that similar ideas and innovations are developped around the world often at the same or different times. There is some logic to it. Eventually we will all end up at the ssame conclusions. Interesting also of we apply it to all of life! Grin.
@boga3751 Жыл бұрын
To learn about Scythians ancestry, read the scientific study "Ancestry and demography and descendants of Iron Age nomads of the Eurasian Steppe". There was very significant Siberian ancestry in the famous Karasuk, Pazyryk and Okunev Scythian cultures. Even in their material culture, the Siberian influences are evident. The archeologists call these the Scytho-Siberian archaeological horizon. The Pazyryk culture carried nearly 50% Nganasan type ancestry. It is a huge misrepresentation to display Scythian culture as an entirely Indo-European phenomenon.
@leoliu58622 жыл бұрын
This is a marvelous synthesis of a huge amount of information from very disparate sources, well done! I'm amazed that you were able to incorporate the two Nature articles that were only published a month before, that help reinforce the "steppe hypothesis" of the origin of Indoeuropean languages, but from a totally different angle - horses!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@kevinnorwood87822 жыл бұрын
One thing I find interesting is that as the styles of horseback warfare changed, the technology used by the horse warriors changed as well. Like take mounted archery for example. When it started out as chariot archery, the style of bow used was the Angular Bow, which had a very triangle-like shape. But by the time full-on mounted archery was on the scene, the Angular Bow is completely gone, and it's been replaced by the more iconic Recurve/Reflex Bow.
@rossmelnyk19002 жыл бұрын
This is a great topic, it shows linear progression of cultural and technological developmen of Indo-Europeans in Eurasian continent. I think Indo-Iranian topic was very important to cover since not all people have clear understanding of connection between Indo-European and Indo-Iranian cultures....and how all this migration process was happening....back and forth... Also, I believe so Assyrian Stella's show battle between Assyrian troops and Cimmerians. Cimmerians were basically bronze age Skythians....before they developed into distinct Skythian culture of early iron age.....
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Yes this topic deserves more discussion, I will have to do more myself. The Assyrian cavalry reliefs are very likely showing battles with Urartu.
@rossmelnyk19002 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory Yes I believe so it does show battle of Urartu. Reason I'm including Cimmerians in this is because of one of the Stella's( one with chariot chasing mounted archers , while those archers shoot partisan shot) in your video which in often used in blogs sites and internet encyclopedias as well as books including in Ukrainian ones as a good example of cimmerian cavalry. Thing is that Urartian and Cimmerian cavalry looked incredibly similar at those times. Both used bits for their horses. Only difference that I know is that Urartitian cavalry used more bronze helmets while cimmerians used more hats that were very similar to hats later used by Cossacks... I wonder if those might have been combined troops of Urartian and Cimmerian cavalry? Also, this stella portrays use of "parthian shot"...which was used by Cimmerians....but if Urartian cavalry looked similar to Cimmerian than both most likely used same tactics....I wonder if both were allies at that time or even though of themselves as same people? 🤔
@Aregon9722 жыл бұрын
One of the best historical documentaries I've seen. You having a storytelling background makes it extremely watchable. Do you ever plan working together with STJ on a documentary? It could combine genetics, archeology and cultural reconstruction.
@seanwhelan8792 жыл бұрын
Just got my alert 📢 Dan Davis dropping a half hour of Magical history, hit the pause, now for the science bit , hit the kettle for the cup of LYONS tea then cut a nice piece of Oxford lunch 👍 grab my ear phones and sit back and drift away through time. Thanks Dan I love the channel. Peace 🇮🇪
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Sean, I appreciate your support as always. I hope you like the video.
@seanwhelan8792 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory brilliant, I'm going to watch it again for the different tribes I really enjoy when you talk about and describe the different people's, I find it just fascinating can't get enough. Truly great content, great work. Loved it.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@michaelwittkopp33792 жыл бұрын
Bravo! Well done. I honestly can't think of anything I can complain about. Love this topic. And, you made it understandable. Really like how you pointed out the need for evolution of both people and horses. A very good example of logical analysis.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@blaircolquhoun77802 жыл бұрын
It's nice to know that these videos are here. Thank you. Mummies were discovered in China sometime in the 1990s. Probably around 1997 and they bore a resemblance to Europeans.
@Wakobear.2 жыл бұрын
Utterly fascinating. Your videos are some of the best on all of KZbin, covering ancient and obscure topics, but with an incredibly entertaining and informative narration. Can't wait for more. Just wondering, what were the major advantages of horse riding over chariots, that causes the latter to fall out of use so quickly?
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes cavalry has more tactical flexibility ultimately you can get more warriors and more firepower. Chariots would also need experts to make repairs and so on.
@alastairbrewster42742 жыл бұрын
This is amazing Dan , never heard of the Sintashta. They are going to be my next 3D characters in Civ 4. Cheers
@willbass28692 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Really liked how you noted (however briefly) the successive waves of Eurasian horsemen. Also nice you did a compare/contrast on various bridles/bits. Thanks
@sabrik38852 жыл бұрын
Amazing video Dan. Proud to be partly descended from Sintashta and Andronovo horse warriors.
@KroM2342 жыл бұрын
Hello Dan! Awesome video as usual. After watching it, I went on searching informations on related topics, and I found a table compiling archery related data (culture, structure, related items, date estimations...) based on archeology, and I realised that the first composite bows seem to emerge from archeological founds at both the same time and in the same areas/cultures than the first horse warriors came from. I was quite amazed that the first composite (using combination of different materials) and/or laminated bows (using combination of different essence/parts of the same material) are dated from 3000 BC, some possibly even before that. One thumb ring dated 2500-2000 BC has even been found from the Catacomb culture (pontic steppe/modern Ukraine/Russia), implying not only advanced the use ofcomposite bows but also the thumb ring technology and all what it means! I personally thought that this was more of an early iron age thing! Anyways, I thought that this would be an incredibly rich idea for a future video almost directly related to the first horse warriors.
@rhoddryice54122 жыл бұрын
I sacrifice a comment for the algorithm and like before watching. I’m sure I’ll enjoy this, thank you.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@victoriawhite36622 жыл бұрын
More more more! I could watch a topic like this all day! So we’ll done👍
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@michaeljacobs45462 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this - Don Cossacks on my father's side here.
@Boric782 жыл бұрын
Happy Days are here again.......................a Dan Davis video.
@SquaretailDaddy2 жыл бұрын
A tour de force of academic rigor... among the best on KZbin by far, and entertaining narration. Tks so much. It’s really an amazing talent you have for story telling
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@krl97a2 жыл бұрын
I like your choice of fillies in the clips. The horses look cool too.
@michaelk19thcfan102 жыл бұрын
The oldest recorded battle in human history occurred at Meggido in modern day Israel in 1457 BC. The battle was between Egypt and a coalition of Cannaite city states. It is estimated 1,000 chariots were involved in the battle. Meggido is the root for Armageddon. I saw the area a few years ago and I tried to imagine the chariots rumbling through the valley.
@LKre-vi5oq10 ай бұрын
Actually, it's now (earliest battle) the Tollense valley.
@flipflopski29512 жыл бұрын
The best channel on KZbin for this type of content!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Nice one, thank you.
@kenyonmoon32722 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't worry as much about the first ten seconds unless you are aiming for some sort of pop culture niche or a tutorial. Your present 10-90 second intros that either set a scene or pose a question is well on par with other podcast/documentary/history/science channels and is absolutely appropriate to the audience searching out this sort of content.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Yes thinking in terms of audience is definitely important, thank you.
@kenyonmoon32722 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory you are welcome, and I'll keep listening either way!
@deadhorse13912 жыл бұрын
Another very interesting …and informative video! I have years of experience with horses and it’s amazing to think what these ancients could do using them. I’ve had a horse run off while I was driving a two wheel cart, very scary, I can imagine how easy it would be for a charioteer to be injured or killed For these people ride like that with out the use of stirrups is amazing I think
@tylerdurden37222 жыл бұрын
My grandmother lives in a rural region where young people ride horses with no equipment. No saddle, bit or stirrups. Just naked horses with very small half naked people riding them. There was always something ancient about the sight of seeing them ride a horse like that, so effortlessly.
@OmmerSyssel2 жыл бұрын
I learnt riding without anything artificial.. Even today the most comfortable saddles feels unnatural.
@CiceroSolo2 жыл бұрын
Your channel is amazingly valuable. I became fascinated in the Bronze Age through my reading of the Bronze Age Collapse and your channel is so exciting for me. Now all you need to do is make connections between Minoa and the Byzantine Empire and my KZbin journey is complete
@missourimongoose76432 жыл бұрын
Love the video and you should keep the theme going with a episode on the Sami people and there transition from hunting the reindeer to riding them 🙂 keep up the good work
@volfrax2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@KimChi-iy7jd2 жыл бұрын
The Sami people are just awesome. I'd love to hear more of them. 💜
@OmmerSyssel2 жыл бұрын
Reindeer most certainly isn't ridden on, they might be used occasionally pulling sledges! Where did you get that nonsense?
@Tipi_Dan Жыл бұрын
The early and late adoption proponents can argue. The earliest Indo-European expansions were not dependent upon individual horseback riders. They could have done it with four-wheeled carts.
@robinhylands692 жыл бұрын
Just dropping a comment of appreciation for the algorithm. As usual, a great video. I'm always impressed by the quality of the information presented and the well reasoned approach you take.
@mysticproduce7052 жыл бұрын
Thanks excellent video. Argentinean’s gauchos and their history and connection to the horses is pretty amazing ….
@liquidoxygen8192 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting to get around to this all day with bated breath. Great video as always, Mr. Davis. Cheers!
@seanpoore24282 жыл бұрын
Hahaaa!! I've been waiting for this one since the fierce comment debate I got into over this very topic on your last horse video!! Woohoo!!!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Ha, nice one Sean. I hope you like this one. These debates will continue to rage on I'm sure.
@missourimongoose76432 жыл бұрын
There is a great documentary on Amazon about a little old lady who raises appolussa horses in new Zealand, no one really knows where that bread came from so they just assumed it was from Spain yet this little old lady saw a horse on a TV show that was in one of the stepe counties that looked like a appolussa, she contacted the man from the TV show and he went with her back to the Asian stepe to get DNA testing done and concluded that the appolussa was from the Asian stepe yet they have no idea how they came to the American west where the nez Peirce indians breed them in there thousands back in the day. If you like horse debates you should check it out lol
@seanpoore24282 жыл бұрын
@@missourimongoose7643 that does in fact sound fascinating :o Thanks for the tip!!
@markuhler26642 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Man's relationship with the horse rivals that of the dog. It's amazing to think that calvary was s dominant part of warfare for 2500-3000 years. I also wondered as I watched if Tolkien should have had the Rohirrim in chariots.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. Tolkien's Rohan are based on the Anglo-Saxons aren't they, so the horse riding is appropriate for them. The horse was extremely important to them.
@cleitondecarvalho4312 жыл бұрын
I've liked this Channel. This gentleman's english is so clear that I have no problems to understand.
@basilbrushbooshieboosh53022 жыл бұрын
Fantastic vid Dan. Will have to tell my Hungarian mate who's just bought a horse about it. He'll be stoked. Thanks
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@deepb2492 жыл бұрын
Present day hungarians aint same as old
@sandorgyori9717 Жыл бұрын
Reed the news about dna researches
@jonwickmanwiik67732 жыл бұрын
A really interesting, and also vital subject in the study of our history, top quality as always!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
@cadian101st2 жыл бұрын
Should be noted that the late chariots of the insular celts (Britons and Hibernians) were not the antiquated chariots of the bronze age that were abandoned by most of the world, rather they were an updated form that were much lighter and easier to manoeuvre. Still, it was on the decline as standard cavalry was more effective, and probably only remained as symbol of prestige
@Zaeyrus2 жыл бұрын
This will be a great source of inspiration for my d&d campaign, hope you don't mind!
@dreamok7322 жыл бұрын
Great video. The Sintashta seem so pivotal and so interesting. Is there more you can do about them?
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes, you're right. Maybe I should do a video just about them. Yeah, I'll do that.
@cindyleehaddock35512 жыл бұрын
Fun. Thanks for the archeological and genetic information! My personal theory is horses were taught to be pack animals, someone put a tired kid atop a gentle horse with a cushy pack, and the horses realized they could carry a human and kids realized they could ride the horses. To this day, the steppes have kid races on horses, and in this country when I was a kid, trainers would have brave kids able to follow instructions help train young horses to ride (I was one of those idiots on a very limited scale). I am sure that before this, horses were used to pull small wagons before the chariot showed up. I am hoping for archeological evidence of this someday.
@gilanbarona98142 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! This is a very informative video well worth watching. I am grateful. I am also currently practising horse archery, so this video is timely.
@susanpatterson70882 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Makes me want to travel to the areas mentioned and see the museums and archeolgical sites.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Me too! There are museums / visitor centres at Sintashta and Arkaim.
@Boric782 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Learnt something, reaffirmed stuff I know and covered it all in great visuals and atmosphere. A constant 10 out 10 performance means you must be the Michael Jordan or Ronaldo of You Tubes Historians. Impressive.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
lol thank you! That's awesome.
@KimChi-iy7jd2 жыл бұрын
I once learnt in an agricultural course that oxen plow is much more ineffective than horse plow. Since then I have much more respect towards the history of the human - horse relationship. It is so interesting and vital, old knowledge.
@willbass28692 жыл бұрын
Hmmm.....oxen are better at 'breaking' new ground covered in dense turf and thick root masses. They are stronger and more non-plussed by unforseen events. Also can consume lower quality forage. However, they are slower and but require chunks of time to ruminate during the day. Horses are faster, more nimble when plowing prior cropland and can work longer in the day. Also quicker to learn a routine. Oxen are for initial clearing of land but horses are for exploiting great expanses of cleared land.
@KimChi-iy7jd2 жыл бұрын
@@willbass2869 Never wanted to say a bad word against oxen. Am a big supporter for the old style farm with several different animals on it. Just pointed out one criteria, that can be used wisely if one knows it. The teaditional animal that "breaks open the soil" is the pig. They did that to break open soil even in woodland. The horses that I meant are rarely used for riding, they are big and have a very even temperament, they are still used by smart wood owners to work in the forest. If one compares a well balanced oxen team versus a well balanced horse team at plowing the horses "win", because the work is done quicker. If one uses the traditional cold blood horse breeds they are not much "weaker" than oxen they are really powerful. Horses react better on verbal commands than oxen. With oxen one needs to be besides them, the horses are able to do the work with the human behind them. The turning is much more precise with the horses. The hooves of the horse gives more traction. I am sure that oxen are good enough at plowing, it seems that once one has experienced a horse team they went for the horses to plow with. One can watch videos on this topic and in the Middle Ages there apparently happened a kind of "horse plowing revolution" in Europe. Both animals are very precious for human survival. Personally I love cattle a lot. I think a milk cow is one of the loveliest animals, when I milked them I liked to put my head on the cows side and feel her warmth and hear the gargling noises of her stomachs.
@80krauser Жыл бұрын
I have never done any animal work but I have watched a bit of a show called Rural Heritage that shows a lot of traditional American animal, usually horse drawn farm work. Big draft horses are very good at not only farm work but pulling all sorts of carts and even some riding. But big draft horses are fairly recent developments in the past couple hundred years. And the type of soil and the corresponding plow is a big factor too. Lighter and sandy soils are easier to plow and even small donkeys are sufficient. While thick heavy soils especially with thick sod need very powerful animals and strong iron or steel plows. So from my admittedly limited knowledge it is very location specific. And linked to culture as in Africa even to this day they use oxen quite heavily. But other places have their own cultural taboos about using specific animals be it oxen, horses, donkeys or mules. To say nothing of different sizes and breeds.
@KimChi-iy7jd Жыл бұрын
@@80krauser You are right. It is definitively a question of the circumstances. 👍🏼 I was talking about Middle Europe and there are several "revolutions" that were Important concerning this topic for example they found out about the "Kummet", I believe in English the horse collar, which improved the traction of horses immensely around 1000 AD. Donkeys, mules, oxen and horses were used for plowing and all have their pros and cons in their individual situation.
@KimChi-iy7jd Жыл бұрын
@@80krauser In Afrika hands down I believe in a certain climate an oxen team is better for the farmer especially concerning the feed. Oxen can eat many things that noone in his right mind would dare to offer a horse. Oxen can even digest leaves from trees try to do that to a horse and the average modern horse would probably die due to a colic.
@daniell14832 жыл бұрын
When I was in school, world history was my favorite subject, but at the time so little of this was taught. My textbooks said the Scythians were mythic people at most, unimportant barbarians at best. Just imagining a civilization you describe sets my imagination ablaze!
@deepb2492 жыл бұрын
I am scythian
@rishavkumar1250 Жыл бұрын
Scythians weren't mythical
@michaelgutierrez95632 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your hard Work! You are a master of history and a expert story writer!
@boga3751 Жыл бұрын
Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, Huns, Mongols... that is a pretty slim list for warrior cultures who were prominent in the history of steppe horse archery. Even if you just look from an European perspective, there are the Avars, the Bulgarians, the Hungarians, and numerious Turkic people like Cumans, Seljuk and so on at the very least.
@HTBP18889 ай бұрын
They moved west
@18Bees2 жыл бұрын
This was a really interesting video to me mate. Thanks for clarifying feral v wild horses. It's amazing how bent out of shape people get over those two words if they are used incorrectly. On the war wagons I was imagining that 50/50 scenario: they might catch up to me as I'm fleeing. Bugger it, i'll take off on foot and hopefully they'll be distracted by or consider my war wagon as a fair trade. Women warriors 💃😎♥️
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! So glad you liked it. Yeah I'm sure you'd feel quite secure in a war wagon until it came time to run away. I'd love to have a go in one. In a chariot on the other hand I think it's likely I would be killed or maimed on day 1.
@18Bees2 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory 😂😂😂😂
@raphmaster232 жыл бұрын
It's like gun people getting all uptight about using clip vs. Magazine lol
@NormBoyle2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@damienhunt42642 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your fantastic channel.
@commieswine2 жыл бұрын
Love the videos! Excited to read your work! Keep it all coming Dan.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, I appreciate it.
@tonymaurice41572 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory who invented the composite bow? That seems to be the greatest mystery!! When did we go from longbow to Short sinew backed bows??
@holdenedwards85062 жыл бұрын
The goat returns soon than expected, I am not complaining.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
I hope you enjoy the video.
@holdenedwards85062 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory you can’t make a video I can’t enjoy
@bencopeland35602 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best on a channel of great videos. Fantastic work!
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ben.
@birgittabirgersdatter80822 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another very interesting video. I discovered your channel a few months ago and I have been very happily binging on your back catalogue.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
@18Bees2 жыл бұрын
That’s what I’ve been doing too. His work is really good.
@mukhumor2 жыл бұрын
Great content. I read somewhere that the Horse breeders were the descendants of woolly Mammoth hunters, so being a 'warrior' was a derivative of hunting. Rounding up people as a resource and taking their goods and chattel. Slaves were one of the most lucrative commodities in the ancient world. For labour and breeding purposes. And of course 'protectionism'. 'Pay us and we will defend you... from us.'
@DieNibelungenliad2 жыл бұрын
I wont be surprised if most humans are descendents of elephant/mammoth hunters
@mukhumor2 жыл бұрын
@@DieNibelungenliad Nope, there are people who do not dwell in right regions, like coastal dwellers. Caucasian and Mongolic people maybe.
@jckdnls92922 жыл бұрын
Biggest take away from this video: you can drink horse milk
@pendantblade63612 жыл бұрын
I always listen to your stuff while working, love the content mate.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Saulman19842 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed reading Barry Cunliffe's book about the Scythians, I am still looking for more titles about the Indo-Iranian Steppe peoples, I haven't found much on the Saka or Massagetae yet, if you could recommend anything it'd be greatly appreciated :)
@godscroissant15392 жыл бұрын
Me too just one small point Saka and Massegetae were north eastern iranian which is a branch of iranian. While the andronovo and sinashta were indo iranian.
@alastairbrewster42742 жыл бұрын
Yesss!! You tube algorithm is a legend. Great video
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
@grandmastersreaction12672 жыл бұрын
Why doesn’t this have one million views already?
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
I know! Come on!
@joshpullman1690 Жыл бұрын
I watched a lecture on the origins of horse riding and the lecturer made an illuminating point. During the Bronze Age horses weren’t being bred for size and were largely unsuitable for an adult to ride, although 2 horses could pull a light chariot. The horse remains they’d studied indicated riding came later as horses became more domesticated and the focus switched to size.
@josephang99272 жыл бұрын
This is what we know... imagine how much has been lost forever 😔
@ryanfitzalan86342 жыл бұрын
Another phrase that nobody uses, but could help us understand their success, is “Cowboy Culture”, at the time, real wealth in terms of equity for trade, was represented at the highest value by Cattle. The ability to drive cattle herds long distances and make them larger but still controllable, was facilitated by horse riding. This would have secured great literal wealth for the riders and they could have traded for anything they wanted, and use their war skills on horse back to enforce their claims and demands.
@Zypheit2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much autonomy the elite daughter warriors would have in their marriage and if them immersing themselves in warfare could be some form of husband shopping, since their sons would also be expected to be warriors.
@willbass28692 жыл бұрын
Seems that fierce warrior cultures have examples of more sex equality. Spartan women could own property, spoke in public venues, conducted business and ventured outside the home. Athenians were aghast at behavior of Spartan women.
@lt.kettch46522 жыл бұрын
@@willbass2869 similarly, the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) were fairly matriarchal, in that the clan mother held great power in decision making.
@waynemcauliffe23622 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate.Giddy up.
@israelben61792 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It was my first time, to visit your channel... Very interesting! Maybe next video, about domestication and warfare on camels?
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, welcome to the channel. I hope you enjoy the other videos too. That's a good suggestion, I'll add it to the list.
@somefuckstolemynick2 жыл бұрын
These videos are amazing, you should write a book!
@donbrown23912 жыл бұрын
What is surprising is how late the stirrup came into use. One would think that at some point early in the mastery of riding horses that somebody would have said, I sure wish I had something to put my feet in...
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it does seem surprising in retrospect but I suppose many great ideas are like that. Either way people did extremely well for a long time without them.
@donbrown23912 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory Like the wheel. Obvious after the fact. And...I am in book six of your Vampire Knight series and dude, it is freaking wonderful. I hope you have more in the mix.
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, Don. Yes I have more planned for sure.
@donbrown23912 жыл бұрын
@@DanDavisHistory Wonderful! You just made my day :)
@supernate223 Жыл бұрын
Great vid, well edited and no bullshit intros or annoying, abrasive music. Thank you for this interesting info thst shaped history
@Jiggleton2 жыл бұрын
still excellent. do you have anything on doggerland lined up? cheers
@DanDavisHistory2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure about a Doggerland video but quite a few people have asked about it so maybe I should.
@leviclark72302 жыл бұрын
You're channell is my favorite of the last few years. I just got done reading your Godborn books, master pieces my friend. Thank you for the content and history lessons.