Check out The Dawn of Everything, puts to rest a lot of the myths about prehistoric societies that we tell ourselves. Early societies were consciously experimenting with different social arrangements and they were far more peaceful and egalitarian than we usually give them credit for. Their ideas on property were vastly different than ours as well. There wasn't really an "our hunting grounds" to speak of. If you're interested I'll leave this video by Andrewism about human history. It's well sourced and pretty informative

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Turns out to have warring tribes you need to be organized enough to carry out a war.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Jericho had walls when most of the rest of humanity was nomadic hunter-gatherers.

City walls generally weren't built because people feel safe and secure already.

[–] rchive@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I think it sort of depends on what time period we're talking about. Jericho and other walled cities came about after a certain point. By then, there certainly were societies that lived off raiding the less nomadic agrarian societies, not very peaceful or egalitarian.