The horse, the wheel, and language: how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing my...

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Main Author: Anthony, David W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton Univ. Press 2007
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Summary:Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transfor
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 553 S.) Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:9781400831104
DOI:10.1515/9781400831104

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