Episode 2, “The Harvest of the Seasons,” follows humanity’s step from wandering hunter‑gatherers to settled agricultural societies, showing how the control of grain, animals, and water reshaped time, work, and power. Bronowski tracks seasonal migration with the Bakhtiari of Iran, then moves to early towns like Jericho and the first great river civilizations, tracing how surplus, storage, and irrigation gave rise to villages, cities, organized religion, war, and the earliest state structures.​

http://www.infocobuild.com/books-and-films/science/TheAscentOfMan/episode-02.html

https://naturedocumentaries.org/2816/harvest-seasons/

https://clumphd.com/the-ascent-of-man-episode-2-the-harvest-of-the-seasons/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ascent_of_Man

https://abagond.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/jacob-bronowski-the-harvest-of-seasons/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVHZKjW6Yvw

https://usa.anarchistlibraries.net/library/james-c-scott-against-the-grain

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wms4m/episodes/guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gixmmvD9qaA

https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/27476/the-ascent-of-man/episodeguide

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