# 233. 500s BC The Americas part 3: Strangling walruses, farming deserts, and a North American slave trade

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Podcast: [Fan of History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fan-of-history-741603)
Published: 2026-03-18T09:26:05+00:00
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Our final episode on the America's in the 500s BC delivers all the details and fun you expect from a Fan of History episode. Before the Inuit. Before the Pueblo cities. Before the great trade networks of later centuries. Across the northern half of the Americas, very different societies were adapting to some of the most challenging environments on earth. In this episode we explore: • The Dorset culture of the Arctic — among the most skilled cold-climate hunters in ancient history • The rise of complex chiefdoms among the hunter-gatherers of the Pacific Northwest and California • Early farmers and mobile societies across the Great Basin, Southwest, and Plains • The continental trade networks moving shell, obsidian, copper, jade, feathers, and more across vast distances Long before famous civilizations appeared, the Americas were already deeply connected. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel! www.youtube.com/@WhatsNewinHistory This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. Contact information: E-mail: zimwaupodcast@gmail.com http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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