The Ten Great Macro-Cultures - "WhatifAlthist"

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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. -- 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 -- 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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