The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Every military in the world is a hierarchical organization. There are people at the top who make

decisions, people down below who follow those orders, and people in between who make it happen.

Today, most militaries have an elaborate rank structure with multiple

ranks in the chain of command. However, it wasn't always like that. The modern system of

ranks evolved over time, and the ranks that exist today have origins that go back centuries.

Learn more about military ranks, where they came from, and what they they mean on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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I'm guessing that most of you are at least familiar with the most basic military ranks,

General, Colonel, Sergeant, Private, etc.

What those ranks represent and what the terms mean were something that evolved over time.

But before I get into individual ranks and how they were established, we should go way back

to how ranks were created in the first place.

When humans began organized warfare, it was small

bands of people who probably all knew each other. There was no need for a hierarchy beyond that

of someone who was a leader. The name of that person was probably just whatever the word for

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