National Geographic-HD-Earth Investigated Ancient Mariners

[seemslikeadream]

Run time: 10:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0Foecjlhc   Posted on YouTube: April 27, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 27, 2009 By DU Member: seemslikeadream Views on DU: 1316

 
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQimbsfKljI
part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LTjY4r3F04
part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF2U6V2Y7u8
part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-zsU7UTJ4

[Andrushka]

1. Thanks for these

As an Aussie, I've always been interested in the history that people of my generation were not taught in school (i.e., pre 18th century), and in particular the mariners who came before the English. Look forward to watching this on the way to work today!

[seemslikeadream]

2. Thank you~

:hi:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. thanks, what a great show

very intriguing

[RandomThoughts]

4. Great show. thanks for posting it.

I think the idea of limited resources, and people finding new areas makes alot of sense. But there is another ramification of limited resources. Competition for resources created by structural hierarchies. A rigid traditional authority is common in societies, and also other groups pulling away and claiming more control over the society is also common. There seems to be turn over from stagnation to new ideas in every society. It makes sense to think a smaller group within a larger one, decided to make the journey.

They constantly said in the film, 'the boat' I would guess it was 'the boats'. Some person, after dwindling resources, decided there was something better across the water. And many couples in his/her own group, most likely a group with little social power within the structure of there current larger population, decided to make a go of it.

I think it is easy, when looking over patterns of sociology, to believe there could have been an entire group with the same belief in the new land across the water. With a desire for more abundant resources, or more control over the resources at hand, a trek across the water makes sense.

And that group could have built many boats and rowed, and drifted to Australia.

It could also be easy to see it as a single village, that was hemmed in by more agressive or larger villages, so to protect and to flourish, they made the journey.

Also if the desire was based on ideological or philosophical differences, it would be interesting to see if any oral traditions or histories might have been created based on the difference. Would it be possible to compare the culture that developed in the two societies to find any suble difference that could have came from a difference in belief causing a relocation of one belief set.

It would be interesting to know the population density and size of social groups in the starting point island also. Since the higher the density, the more likely social pressure of groups would create a factor in the desire to find new land.

[byronius]

5. Watched the whole thing. Thanks for posting this.

Great stuff.