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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Anthony, David W. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (568 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781400831104