1st war in Europe possibily occured 6.000 years ago in Spain

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Conflict has existed throughout human history, and it has often been violent. Attacks, assassinations, raids, ambushes and vendettas feature in archaeological records almost as far back as the origin of humankind itself. But not war.

War – as opposed to conflict – requires organisation. This usually involves the creation of institutionalised armies belonging to at least one of the groups involved. War legitimises violence, meaning one person can kill another without it being considered murder. War is also temporary by nature, usually lasting for a period of months or years.

Various studies suggest a connection between the birth of war and human settlement, when control of land and property became increasingly important.

The emergence of surpluses during the Neolithic era, especially in agriculture and livestock, soon led to concentrated power, permanent inequality, and the desire to expand and defend territories. It also led to the establishment of the first states, which maintained, expanded and consolidated power by recruiting large armies to wage war as we understand it today.

The burial site at San Juan ante Portam Latinam (SJAPL) was discovered in 1985 in Laguardia (Álava, Spain), and was excavated by J. I. Vegas and his collaborators 1990 and 1991. The skeletal remains of at least 338 people were found there, which were dated to around 3200 BC, in the late Neolithic period.

Initial studies found evidence of violence.

Recently, we have reexamined the remains found at SJAPL to assess its singular, anomalous results. This review identified a total of 107 head injuries, of which 48 were unhealed and 59 healed, and a total of 47 injuries to other parts of the skeleton, of which 17 were unhealed and 30 healed.

Interestingly, the vast majority involved adolescent and adult males, particularly those that were unhealed. In addition, some of these men were found to have both healed and unhealed wounds, indicating that they had been exposed to violence on several occasions.

Source: https://theconversation.com/war-in-europe-is-more-than-5-000-years-old-new-research-220396

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wow, so interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[bionic 50,111]

where was the first war... ever? who is to blame for war?

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8 minutes ago, bionic said:

where was the first war... ever? who is to blame for war?

First known war was 5500 years ago in hamoukar. A City in Syria or Iraq - I forgot

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Just now, InsomniaMonster69 said:

First known war was 5500 years ago in hamoukar. A City in Syria or Iraq - I forgot

So that means that this war 6000 years ago in Spain is the actual real first war ever. 

Pls anyone correct me if I'm wrong

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Probably a fight for a Barça-Madrid

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5 hours ago, bionic said:

where was the first war... ever? who is to blame for war?

War appeared when humans settled down and property, the social contract and organized tribal structures with geographical configuration emerged. Before that humans were hunter-gatherers and owned nothing, so there were no wars, only massacres and murders. 

But the development of civilization brought forth agriculture, writing etc and yes, warfare: people saw certain soils are more prone to growing plants, therefore became sedentary - there was no need to go and search for food elsewhere. This in turn led to the need to own land.

A methaphorical reading for Genesis is traditionally that the fall of man and the ousting of the early humans for Paradise was the transition between a hunter-gatherer to an agriculturalist lifestyle, or the change from the primordial state of living in the nature to living in the community, where a social contract is in place which legimizes the use violence (not by individual actors, but by the society at large).

This development and likely the first war took place in the alluvial plains of Mesopotamia, where Tiger and Euphrates ocasionally flooded and made the terrain fertile and prone to extensive agriculture. 

The culprit is probably human greed and competition for power and territory. 

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40 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

The culprit is probably human greed and competition for power and territory. 

So nothing has changed