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Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by Cactus2018 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:26AM (#24224227)
Recommend sources for human culture/civilization history from 10,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C.?

Most of the top search results and Wikipedia entries tap out on cultures prior to ~5,000-~3,000 B.C.

Of course there are stand alone pages such as Neolithic_founder_crops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture

Chalocolithic Period https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcolithic

Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by dayofthedaleks on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:37AM (#24224338)
I enjoyed 'After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC' by Steven Mithen

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674019997

Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by nickbauman on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:23PM (#24230972)
I read that too. Loved it. An unexpected gem!
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by simonsarris on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:32AM (#24224293)
Against the Grain by James Scott.
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by simlevesque on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:30PM (#24224967)
Thank you I just ordered it.
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by Ar-Curunir on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:19PM (#24226556)
+1, it's excellent
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by ruined on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:28PM (#24227618)
another +1, excellent book
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by danans on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:09PM (#24236082)
> Most of the top search results and Wikipedia entries tap out on cultures prior to ~5,000-~3,000 B.C.

This is mostly because the evidence that links places to cultures taps out before around 5000BCE. There is of course evidence of large scale settlements prior to that time, but we have little hard evidence about how those map to peoples or cultures, living or extinct, due to lack of artifacts that definitively tie them to a particular culture. After that, we are left with things like projecting population migrations from linguistic evidence.

Perhaps the closest we might find are the remains of 10-30k year old indigenous settlements in Australia, of which we can be fairly confident of at least the set of cultures that produced them.

Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by 082349872349872 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @12:03PM (#24224656)
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by dragandj on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:59PM (#24227224)
Europe Between The Oceans, by Barry Cunliffe. On The Ocean, by Barry Cunliffe
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by op03 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:32AM (#24224297)
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by crench on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:54PM (#24231812)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by ryansmccoy on Thursday August 20, 2020 @06:29PM (#24229782)
Joe Rogan had some interesting guys, Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson, that talked about lost civilizations due to asteroid in 10,000 BC. Sounded like there is some controversy around it though, so take it however you'd like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDejwCGdUV8&t=781s

Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by edgyquant on Thursday August 20, 2020 @07:41PM (#24230308)
This is pseudohistory at best
Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by T-A on Friday August 21, 2020 @03:25AM (#24232830)
Wikipedia calls it "pseudoarchaeology". The underlying Younger Dryas impact hypothesis is not nuts though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas_impact_hypothesi...

Re:The Kush civilization flourished in Sudan nearly 5K years... by JackFr on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:53PM (#24227099)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicame...