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At 18, hiking the Appalachian Trail, I mapped humanity's cultural origins—discovering nearly ALL world cultures stem from just 10 historic events. These shared formative moments continue shaping nations' motivations and borders today. From Greater India's peaceful diffusion to the Germanic Völkerwanderung, from Arab Caliphates to the British diaspora—this anthropological framework reveals how historic sparks created cultural viruses spreading across entire regions, forming the macro-ethnicities dominating Earth today.
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Bibliography:
History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
The Rise of the West by McNeil
A World History by McNeil
A Short History of the Arab Peoples by Glubb
The World of Ancient India by Gustave le Bon
The Art of Not being Governed by James Scott
India by John Keay
China by John Keay
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
The Age of Atilla by Gordon
The Psychology of Peoples by Gustave le Bon
The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave le Bon
The Story of the Americas by Leland Dewitt Baldwin
Africa by John Reader
Africa by Basil Davidson
The Barbarous Years by Bernard Bailyn
The Ancient City by Coulanges
Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
Rome by Greg Woolfe
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
Meinig's Shaping of America
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Fairness and Freedom by David Hackett Fischer
The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturleson
The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
Ways of Thinking by Eastern Peoples by Nakamura
The WEIRDest people in the world by Joseph Heinrech
Who We Are and How we got here by David Reich
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At 18, hiking the Appalachian Trail, I mapped humanity's cultural origins—discovering nearly ALL world cultures stem from just 10 historic events. These shared formative moments continue shaping nations' motivations and borders today. From Greater India's peaceful diffusion to the Germanic Völkerwanderung, from Arab Caliphates to the British diaspora—this anthropological framework reveals how historic sparks created cultural viruses spreading across entire regions, forming the macro-ethnicities dominating Earth today.
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SPONSOR:
Start using Polymarket today to bet on the future. Use the promo code "whatif" for sales or benefits https://poly.market/whatif
--
LINKS:
Link to my second podcast on world history and interviews: / @history102-qg5oj
Link to my Twitter-https://twitter.com/whatifalthist?ref...
Link to my Instagram- / rudyardwlynch
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Bibliography:
History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
The Rise of the West by McNeil
A World History by McNeil
A Short History of the Arab Peoples by Glubb
The World of Ancient India by Gustave le Bon
The Art of Not being Governed by James Scott
India by John Keay
China by John Keay
The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
The Age of Atilla by Gordon
The Psychology of Peoples by Gustave le Bon
The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave le Bon
The Story of the Americas by Leland Dewitt Baldwin
Africa by John Reader
Africa by Basil Davidson
The Barbarous Years by Bernard Bailyn
The Ancient City by Coulanges
Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
Rome by Greg Woolfe
The Invention of Yesterday by Tamim Ansary
Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary
Meinig's Shaping of America
Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer
Fairness and Freedom by David Hackett Fischer
The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturleson
The Tree of Culture by Ralph Linton
Ways of Thinking by Eastern Peoples by Nakamura
The WEIRDest people in the world by Joseph Heinrech
Who We Are and How we got here by David Reich
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