EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 10 MIN
A Short History of the World Chapter 14 - Primitive Neolithic Civilizations
from The H. G. Wells Library · host H. G. Wells
In which the world’s geography settles into a familiar form and ancient human races are observed to blend and diverge like shifting clouds, each carrying their distinct cultures through time and place. The Neolithic peoples of America establish priestly civilizations rich in ritual, art, and astronomy yet remain bound to primal rites and isolated from one another’s knowledge, in curious parallel to their earlier old-world counterparts.
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In which the world’s geography settles into a familiar form and ancient human races are observed to blend and diverge like shifting clouds, each carrying their distinct cultures through time and place. The Neolithic peoples of America establish priestly civilizations rich in ritual, art, and astronomy yet remain bound to primal rites and isolated from one another’s knowledge, in curious parallel to their earlier old-world counterparts.
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