The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler

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Episode 29, Medieval Communication Oh, you know, I'm going to.

Oh, you know. Oh, now. To understand medieval communication, it needs to be understood how communication

evolved during the ancient period.

Communication and travel are linked.

In order to communicate over distances, one has to be prepared to travel,

at least certainly before the age of technology.

Why do people travel in general?

Quite simply and from a practical perspective perspective it is to acquire resources.

The alternative reason is for experience.

So in the modern world it may be to experience a different location but that could be

for a number of spiritual reasons including religious pilgrimages. We even find in the writings of Homer, the 1st

millennium B.C. Greek writer, that this notion of travel being good for the human soul is recognised.

Humans naturally want to travel in any case. It is our fundamental nature to explore. We are a

nomadic animal traveling from place to place and looking for opportunities to hunt for prey and to discover vegetation.

The prehistoric human lifestyle resembled that of many other animals.

Human beings primary motive was to search for food and when food was scarce humans would migrate.

They would migrate until they colonized the world.

Such was their versatility when it came to survival in unnatural conditions.

It is highly likely back then that humans had an advanced manner of communication face to face with a combination of vocal sounds

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