The horse, the wheel, and language : how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world /

The horse, the wheel, and language : how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world /

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Author / Creator:Anthony, David W., author.
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 553 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject:
Proto-Indo-European language.
Bronze age -- Eurasia.
Horses -- Eurasia -- History.
Wheels -- Eurasia -- History.
Animals and civilization -- Eurasia -- History.
Prehistoric peoples -- Eurasia.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Eurasia.
Animals and civilization.
Antiquities.
Bronze age.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Horses.
Prehistoric peoples.
Proto-Indo-European language.
Wheels.
Eurasia -- Antiquities.
Eurasia.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11281509
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ISBN:9781400831104
1400831105
9780691058870
0691058873
9780691148182
069114818X
1282303821
9781282303829
9786612303821
6612303824
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-545) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: Anthony, David W. Horse, the wheel, and language. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007 9780691058870
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Summary:No detailed description available for "The Horse, the Wheel, and Language".
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 553 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-545) and index.
ISBN:9781400831104
1400831105
9780691058870
0691058873
9780691148182
069114818X
1282303821
9781282303829
9786612303821
6612303824

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