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The History Of LONG HAIR On Men | Vikings, Spartans, Egyptians, Mongolians, Samurai And MORE

Trav White

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What is the history of long hair on men? When did short hair start to become the norm?

In this video, I go all the way back to the first civilization that ever existed (Mesopotamia) and work forward through every age and look at which civilizations had long hair, which had short hair, and which one is really the timeless image.

I also look at practicality and function as technology and warfare started changing.

Hope you enjoy this long hair history for men!

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Timestamps of era and civilizations covered:

3:55 - Prehistory: Stone Age - Cavemen
5:53 - Early Bronze Age: Mesopotamia (Sumerians), Ancient Egyptians
8:47 - Bronze Age: Minoans
9:26 - Iron Age: Olmecs, Nok Civilization, Spartans, Athenians, Zhou Dynasty
13:48 - Classical Antiquity Age: Mayans, Meroitic Kingdom (Kush), Roman Empire
17:21 - Middle Ages: Incas, Aztecs, Aksumite Empire, Vikings, Saxons, Charlemagne Empire, Byzantine Empire, Islamic Golden Age, Mongolian Empire, Samurai
22:21 - Modern Age: Native Americans, African Tribes, Europeans, Renaissance, French Empire, Industrial Revolution, World War I, Counterculture Movement, Rock n Roll, Present Day

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Please note that I'm not a medical doctor or a qualified cosmetic chemist. I do my best to quote credible scientific studies and link to all the studies in the description so you can fact check me, but I can't 100% guarantee that all my info is error-free. It's important to consult your doctor and do what's best for you individually.

20 Comments

@TravWhiteStyle Creator 6 years ago Pinned

TLDW: in pretty much every civilization, men had long hair

@possibleproblem479 5 years ago (edited)

I wonder where we got this idea about long hair being strictly feminine. all through history it’s always been a unisex/masculine thing

@aldoharaldsson3407 6 years ago

With long hair i feel more connected with the world, better health, etc

@thezogs95 5 years ago (edited)

Isn't it funny that short hair became of modern society and somehow stuck. People never question societal rules. Hilarious to me

@elwolf8536 6 years ago

An other advantage to having long hair is camouflage it brakes up the outline and silhouette of the human form especially in a forest

@tavo6258 6 years ago

It’d be cool if you uploaded a vid about how to style braids for men. Even Viking braids would be dope.

@ilikehumans1096 4 years ago

Long hair is simply beautiful, it’s a shame to cut it.

@korosheht5446 5 years ago

Just wanna say growing my hairs was the best choice i ve ever made
I even left the school for it
(In my country you must have short hair in school )

@akvthelion6286 6 years ago

TRAV : CHEMISTRY OF HAIR
TRAV : BIOLOGY OF HAIR
TRAV : HISTORY OF HAIR
What ‘s more in the box TRAV ?😂

@aminelakhmiri1559 6 years ago

BRO, I JUST HAD A 30 min history class, and for the first time I'm happy doing so

@taphasenghor1611 6 years ago

I get a lot of comments about my hair. Despite it's still short( 6 inches or more of 20 cm) on the top. They usually say " a man doesn't need long hair. What do you make a manbun? Cut this hair! Muslims don't grow hair!"
Thanks for making this video. Its strenghened my raison not to cut my hair

@johnpettitt 6 years ago

Kings had long hair!

@ExtraordinaryLiving 5 years ago

My first boyfriend had long hair (it was actually his long rocker hair that initially attracted me to him. 😍) But then it was the 70s/80s rock-n-roll era.
Back then, I thought guys with short hair looked boring.
Of course, now, I am less biased, yet I still love a healthy mane on a man ... and I miss those long big puffy hair from the 70s.

@jeandupont8501 4 years ago

Celts ? Anyone ?

@johnmoffatt8209 4 years ago

I'm 60 and I had long hair in the 70's, an awesome time to be a teenager by the way,, I joined the Army in 1979 and stayed in for 21 years, I decided a couple oof years ago that I wanted to grow my hair long again, I'm a little over 2 years in I appreciate this video

@user-vu9ky9qm6m 2 years ago

The Germanic battle axe folk of the Bronze Age had long hair as well!

@alekseev7646 5 years ago

19:20 Contrary to popular belief, Charlemagne, according to his contemporaries, sported shoulder length hair and a groomed long stache, mostly due to the fact that early Carolingians considered beards a somewhat barbaric and peasant trait.
There's a surprisingly enormous amount of historical materials devoted to this particular subject, actually.
'Charlemagne's Mustache: And Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age' in particular is a well written in-depth study on how early medieval Europe's fashion looked like

@YuriYeleyko 6 years ago

That's a solid job. Internet lacks this type of knowledge. Thank you Travis!

@StrappingYoungLadam 6 years ago

I think personally we've reached a point where hair isn't as much as a thought about thing style wise. You see throughout these different eras everyone within the same culture looked very similar to one another. Whether it was the long hair of the past or the conservative barber shop cuts of the early to mid 1900s. Today, at least in the western world, it's very much a "just do you" kind've thing.

@Imagisweet 5 years ago

Thank you for including cultures from around the world! So many of these "history of styles" videos exclusively cover European styles, and don't mention other cultures.