“We imagined the Bronze Age as a relatively peaceful period, something of a ‘Golden Age.’. . . It was fascinating to realize that this peaceful image clearly wasn’t true, . . .”
This socialistic jerk is trying to apply his ‘modern’ ideology to an ancient society, and when the two don’t line up with each other; he acts surprised.
Humans have been killing each other for as long as we have existed.
Cain vs Abel are proof.
It takes a while, but it looks like they usually find weapons.
Our entire human race started off with one brother killing the other.