Glossary
Jiang treats organized warfare as evidenced by destruction layers, military weapons, armor, helmets, and warrior burials rather than ordinary hunting tools.
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Organized warfare
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Jiang claims that the IVC was huge, had about five million people at its peak, and shows no evidence of organized warfare or military intention.
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Jiang argues that 5,000 years ago the wider world was still relatively peaceful and organized warfare was new and rare in human experience.
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Jiang says the violence of Mesopotamia was shocking because sacking a city and killing hundreds of people at once broke a massive cultural taboo.
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"...What's really interesting is we have found no evidence of any organized warfare in this region during this time. The reason why is this..."
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"...as well. We have absolutely no evidence that they ever had organized warfare. We have absolutely no evidence that they have any intention of..."
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"...might have been some fires or there might have been some warfare, okay? But with these five urban centers that we've dug up, we..."
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"...this is about 5,000 years ago people are still relatively peaceful. Organized warfare is still new and rare in the human experience. And that's..."
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"...creates the idea of equilibrium and at this point in history warfare becomes organized warfare okay so remember before warfare was about innovation but..."
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"...okay? So there's been violence. But there's been no evidence of organized warfare. That comes much later, okay? That's the first thing."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's World Game lecture: empires do not usually come from the obvious rich center.
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: the Indus Valley was a peaceful trade civilization whose lost religion may survive as the Indian nostalgia for oneness, false reality, and liberation without the gatekeeper.
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For most of human history, Jiang argues, humans were peaceful, egalitarian, and artistic because the forest, animals, ancestors, and spirit world were not scenery.
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