David Anthony about the search for the ancestral home of Indo -Europeans

Approximately half of the world's population speaks in languages ​​leading from the common ancestor - the great -European language. But who were the carriers of this ancient dialect and how did they manage to settle in the globe? Until recently, their identity remained a mystery to linguists and archaeologists. The book "Horse, Wheel and Language. As the bronze age riders from the Eurasian steppes formed the modern world ”tells about how the domestication of the horse and the use of the wheel first of the Indo -Europeans contributed to the spread of their language and transformed civilization.

Binding archaeological finds with the development of the language, David Anthony claims that the steppe tribes of ancient central Eurasia were carriers of the great -European, whose innovations in the use of carts with oxide sleds, riding and combat chariots turned the Eurasian steppe into a prosperous transcontinental corridor of trade and cultural exchange. He explains how the steppes spread their traditions and achieved significant success in the extraction of copper, military affairs and the formation of the political institution of clientele. “Horse, Wheel and Language” solves the riddle of the origin of Indo -European languages, which worried scientists for two centuries, and reconstructs the bright and influential civilization of antiquity.

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