Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 553 S.)
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
9781400831104
Content:
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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-691-05887-0
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-0-691-14818-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Eurasien
;
Bronzezeit
;
Indogermanisch
;
Sprachverbreitung
;
Pferd
;
Domestikation
;
Eurasien
;
Bronzezeit
;
Reiternomadismus
;
Indogermanisch
;
Sprachverbreitung
DOI:
10.1515/9781400831104
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