The Horse, the Wheel, and Language : How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anthony, David W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Horses > Eurasia > History.
Archeology > Eurasia.
Proto-Indo-European language.
Bronze Age > Eurasia.
Bronstijd.
Proto-indo-europees.
Indo-europese volken.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Wheels.
Prehistoric peoples.
Horses.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Bronze age.
Antiquities.
Animals and civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > General.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Eurasie.
Animaux et civilisation > Eurasie > Histoire.
Roues > Eurasie > Histoire.
Chevaux > Eurasie > Histoire.
Indo-europeen commun (Langue)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Eurasia.
Prehistoric peoples > Eurasia.
Animals and civilization > Eurasia > History.
Wheels > Eurasia > History.
Bronze age > Eurasia.
Europa (geografie)
Azië.
Eurasia.
Eurasia > Antiquities.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (568 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781400831104

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