For the last few months we've been talking about a new type of episode and here's the first one: welcome to Timelines. This idea is all about taking an anchor event or time period that pretty much everyone has heard about and then looking at what was happening in other parts of the world at the same time. The idea is that sometimes these big anchor events can overshadow other really important things. Our first episode has the building of the pyramids at Giza in Egypt as the anchor. We also talk about what's happening in Peru and China at the same time. Links * Egypt * "Pyramids at Giza" from National Geographic [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/giza-pyramids] * "Pyramids of Giza" Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pyramids-of-Giza] * Estimating Population in Ancient Egypt [https://brewminate.com/estimating-population-in-ancient-egypt/] * Ancient Egyptian Agriculture [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_agriculture] * Caral in Peru * Sacred City of Caral-Supe [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1269] * Caral [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caral] * First City in the New World? [https://web.archive.org/web/20130302081237/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/firstcity.html?c=y&page=2] * Quipu: South America's Ancient Writing System [https://www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-quipu-inca-writing-system-172285] * Norte Chico civilization [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norte_Chico_civilization] * China: Majiayao Culture * Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities [https://archive.org/details/Bulletin15] * Majiayao Culture [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majiayao_culture] * Pottery Production, Mortuary Practice, and Social Complexity in the Majiayao Culture, NW China (ca. 5300-4000 BP) [https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/589/] * A Discussion on Early Metals and the Origins of Bronze Casting in China [http://www.kaogu.cn/en/Chinese%20Archaeology/3/A%20Discussion%20on%20Early%20Metals%20and%20the%20Origins%20of%20Bronze%20Casting%20in%20China.pdf] * Yellow River and Yangtze River: Centers of Chinese Civilization? [http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub1/item1152.html#chapter-2] * https://www.britannica.com/place/China/4th-and-3rd-millennia-bce#ref589720 * Majiayao Culture from Gotheburg.com [https://gotheborg.com/glossary/majiayaoculture.shtml] Contact * Chris Webster * chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Please Visit Our Sponsors! * Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/ Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]