Thomas Preston Floyd

Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism

History EN ↓ 221 episodes

The goal of this project is to document the history of humanity by documenting all of humanity’s attempts to defeat it’s greatest foe. Itself. This is not going to be a straightforward documentation of kings fighting and destroying each other, though there will be many mentions and examples of that. This will attempt to explain our subjects from the ground up. The common foot soldiers to the leaders at their head. Their strategies, tactics, weapons, and technologies. Their triumphs and tragedies. Their lives and their deaths. What they fought for and why. What motivated them. What drove them.

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Thomas Preston Floyd

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History

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Latest episode

Jun 29, 2026

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Episodes

The Culture that Might Have Been 28.11.2022

We finish up West Africa this week and start to talk about North Africa. This includes the Capsian, Kiffian, and some Nilo-Saharan discussion. We also talk about the Nabta Playa site.

Emerging Languages and Technology 21.11.2022

This week we continue our look at the peoples of West Africa at 8000 BC. This includes their independent development of pottery to deal with a changing diet during the last Green Sahara. We also talk about the beginnings of their plant domestication and potential language groups that started to emerge. Feel free to provide feedback or questions at https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

Ancient Forests, Forgotten Planes 14.11.2022

This week's episode begins to look at the people of Central and Western Africa at 8,000 BCE. This includes the ancestors of the modern Central and Western African Hunter Gatherers. This episode is a litter shorter and rougher than I would have liked, but I am recovering for a long busy weekend of travel. Please listen and enjoy.

Timeless Kernel 07.11.2022

We're back to a regular Episodes after the October Specials. We jump forward to 8,000 BCE and return to Africa to check in on the oldest branches of Humanity. I hope everyone enjoys. Feel free to reach out via twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

Tamriel and the world of The Elder Scrolls 31.10.2022

The final episode of the this year's (2022) SciFi/Fantasy specials. We take a look at the lore for the creation of this universe, as well as go into what makes it unique from other fantasy worlds.

The Arthdal Chronicles 24.10.2022

The penultimate episode of our sci-fi/fantasy episodes for this October. We're discussing the South Korean fantasy drama Arthdal Chronicles. This focuses on the 1st episode of the series. It has spoilers for the 1st episode only.

The Hyborian Age and Conan the Cimmerian 17.10.2022

This week's Halloween/Fantasy/Sci-Fi episode is about Robert E. Howard and his Conan the Barbarian stories. A great set of simple sword and sorcery adventures filled with action and horror. This is a primer to the world and how it was a reflection of historical and archeological ideas of the past floating around our time. One day I will dive into specific adventures in this world.

Domestication of Plants and the Germination of Agriculture 17.10.2022

We return to the main podcast this week with a brief overview of our earliest attempts at agriculture. We also talk about some practices and developments that arose from that. I also lay out the general plan for the rest of season 3 which will continue in November after the Halloween episodes.

The World of Ice and Fire... or Planetos? 10.10.2022

Hello! Join me for this month's second SciFi Fantasy Episode. We are talking about George R.R. Martin's World of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones. There are no spoilers for any of the books or tv shows. This is a brief overview of the world's prehistory and the author himself. As well as my thoughts on both. I hope you enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

The World of Glorantha 03.10.2022

Hello! This week's episode is the first of my Halloween Episodes. I'm going to be doing these while I continue to research and "script" the next section of my Podcast. We will return the to the real history stuff shortly. In the meantime please enjoy me rambling about Glorantha for 20 odd minutes. Twitter: twitter.com/waradrevpod

The First Domesticated Herds and CATS!!! 19.09.2022

Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Cats oh my! This week we talk about our first forays of taming animals in Eleven Thousand Years. The dog was a wild success after all so why not try again? I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions or feedback feel free to reach out on the twitter link below: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

10,000 B.C. Finale 12.09.2022

This week we finish up the World at 10,000 B.C. with a very brief overview of the Clovis culture, a discussion of the history of the study of the First Americans, George McJunkin, and Beringia.

10,000 B.C. Part 20 06.09.2022

We finish off Europe this week by talking about the Iron Gates Mesolithic specifically and about increasing sedentary lifestyles starting to emerge around the world. Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

10,000 B.C. Part 19 29.08.2022

This week we talk about the difference between the Western and Eastern Hunter Gathers of Europe and a few of the Material Cultures they belonged to. Please feel free to give feed back below. https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

10,000 B.C. Part 18 22.08.2022

This week focuses on Australia and Oceania. Unfortunately there's not to much to go on for this region at this time frame. Mainly we deal with the environmental changes going on and talk about how long this area had been lived in. https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

10,000 B.C. Part 17 15.08.2022

In this last part of Asia at 10,000 B.C. we discuss the Steppe and northern forests. We also talk a little about horses. Please rate and subscribe

10,000 B.C. Part 16 08.08.2022

This weeks episode focuses on China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan at 10,000 B.C. and the early adaptation of pottery in China and Korea.

10,000 B.C. Part 15 01.08.2022

This episode we talk about South East Asia and Southern China. Who was living there.

10,000 B.C. Part 14 25.07.2022

This week we tackle India and Central Asia at 10,000 B.C. Also we tackle technical difficulties. I'm sorry that the episode is a rougher one. https://twitter.com/waradrevpod

10,000 B.C. Part 13 18.07.2022

This episodes covers Cyprus, The Caucasus, and the Iranian or Persian Plateau. I hope you enjoy and thank you for listening! Twitter link for those that are interested https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod

10,000 B.C. Part 12 11.07.2022

This week we start to cover the history in Asia at 10,000 BCE. We start in Arabia but then move into Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean coast. I also jumped ahead a bit to discuss how we get our names for some of the region.

10,000 B.C. The Movie (2008) 04.07.2022

A review of the very bad and inaccurate 2008 Roland Emmerich film. Enjoy this bonus episode!

10,000 B.C. Part 11 27.06.2022

I hope everyone enjoys the conclusion of our overview of Northern Africa and Africa at large at 10,000 B.C. Next time we move into Asia. https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod Edit June 27th: I accidentally posted this as Season 10 episode 11. I have adjusted that an I hope that resolves the erro on Spotify

10,000 B.C. Part 10 20.06.2022

We're beginning our study of Northern Africa Circa 10,000 B.C. We start in the West Coast along the vanished Tamanrasset River and then move east to the Acacus Mountains. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod

10,000 B.C. Part 9 13.06.2022

This week sees us say goodbye to the Horn of Africa and begin our move north. We discuss the problems/criticisms of a Nilo-Saharan Language family, but why we still use it. We also focus on the ancestors of the Modern Nilotic peoples. twitter feed: https://twitter.com/WarAdRevPod

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