The horse, the wheel, and language : how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world /
Argues that the domestication of the horse and the use of the wheel by the prehistoric peoples of the central Eurasian steppe grasslands facilitated the spread of the Proto-Indo-European language across most of the ancient world.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Argues that the domestication of the horse and the use of the wheel by the prehistoric peoples of the central Eurasian steppe grasslands facilitated the spread of the Proto-Indo-European language across most of the ancient world. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 553 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-545) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400831104 1400831105 1282303821 9781282303829 9786612303821 6612303824 |