Warfare, Advancement, and Revisionism
Sep 14, 2026 · 41 min · 12 segments
This week we talk about the emergence of textile production. Specifically those made via weaving done by hand and on simple wooden looms. We also go over how weaving was typically considered to be a…
And it could be used to describe a lot of items like a canvas, web, cloth, etc.
And this ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European tex, which meant to weave or to rot.
Now, I know I've been using weave the last few weeks, but again, technically speaking, in English, any fiber-based materials are textiles.
And while historically woven fibers make up most or in some cases all fiber, cloth, material, what have you, it is not the only method for production of said material.
Though, again, weaving is the most popular and probably the longest used way to create said material.
Though, you know, there are mixed medium, I guess you would call it, where you do sew maybe leather or fabric.
And we talked, I think, back in season, or excuse me, volume one, about how, you know, maybe treated leather came about from animal skins and And, of course, you know, skins, furs, that kind of thing are much more important during colder periods or for people living in the more extreme latitudes, both north and south.
Northern Africa, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean Basin, um, India, Pakistan, those regions, you probably don't need, you know, heavy leather clothing or furs, except in, you know, maybe, like, very brief periods of, um, of extreme cold, which, again, for a lot of the year is not happening, uh, unless you're maybe way up in the mountains, say, in, like, um, Tibet, the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayas, that kind of area.
And it's certainly possible that kind of the very basic forms of weaving did kind of emerge from things like sewing.
We've talked about how some of the kind of the earliest tools in parts of North Africa, as well as, and I don't think I've mentioned this case specifically, but in the Denisova Caves, where they found the you know, the first cave where they found the evidence of the Denisovans, they did find tools that could roughly correspond to things like sewing needles or owls, which is used to punch hole in leathers.
And so, you know, sewing would be used to attach multiple... pieces of leather together with either maybe a fibrous thread or maybe leather strips.
And then those needles would be used to help drag that thread through and keep the pieces of leather together and make bigger, sturdier cloaks or coverings or blankets, what have you.
And it could be used to describe a lot of items like a canvas, web, cloth, etc.
And this ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European tex, which meant to weave or to rot.
Now, I know I've been using weave the last few weeks, but again, technically speaking, in English, any fiber-based materials are textiles.
And while historically woven fibers make up most or in some cases all fiber, cloth, material, what have you, it is not the only method for production of said material.
Though, again, weaving is the most popular and probably the longest used way to create said material.
Though, you know, there are mixed medium, I guess you would call it, where you do sew maybe leather or fabric.
And we talked, I think, back in season, or excuse me, volume one, about how, you know, maybe treated leather came about from animal skins and And, of course, you know, skins, furs, that kind of thing are much more important during colder periods or for people living in the more extreme latitudes, both north and south.
Northern Africa, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean Basin, um, India, Pakistan, those regions, you probably don't need, you know, heavy leather clothing or furs, except in, you know, maybe, like, very brief periods of, um, of extreme cold, which, again, for a lot of the year is not happening, uh, unless you're maybe way up in the mountains, say, in, like, um, Tibet, the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayas, that kind of area.
And it's certainly possible that kind of the very basic forms of weaving did kind of emerge from things like sewing.
We've talked about how some of the kind of the earliest tools in parts of North Africa, as well as, and I don't think I've mentioned this case specifically, but in the Denisova Caves, where they found the you know, the first cave where they found the evidence of the Denisovans, they did find tools that could roughly correspond to things like sewing needles or owls, which is used to punch hole in leathers.
And so, you know, sewing would be used to attach multiple... pieces of leather together with either maybe a fibrous thread or maybe leather strips.
And then those needles would be used to help drag that thread through and keep the pieces of leather together and make bigger, sturdier cloaks or coverings or blankets, what have you.
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