The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the M ...
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Date: 2019-06-17

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00:01:01 1 Synopsis
00:05:36 2 Contents
00:05:46 2.1 Part One: Language and Archaeology
00:05:57 2.1.1 Chapter One: The Promise and Politics of the Mother Language
00:06:52 2.1.2 Chapter Three: Language and Time 1. The Last Speakers of Proto-Indo-European
00:08:00 2.1.3 Chapter Four: Language and Time 2: Wool, Wheels and Proto-Indo-European
00:09:11 2.1.4 Chapter Six: The Archaeology of Language
00:10:47 2.2 Part Two: The Opening of the Eurasian Steppes
00:10:59 2.2.1 Chapter Eight: First Farmers and Herders: The Pontic-Caspian Neolithic
00:12:54 2.2.2 Chapter Nine: Cows, Copper and Chiefs
00:14:38 2.2.3 Chapter Ten: The Domestication of the Horse and the Origins of Riding: The Tale of the Teeth
00:15:55 2.2.4 Chapter Eleven: The End of Old Europe and the Rise of the Steppe
00:18:14 2.2.5 Chapter Twelve: Seeds of Change on the Steppe Borders. Maikop Chiefs and Tripolye Towns
00:21:40 2.2.6 Chapter Thirteen: Wagon Dwellers of the Steppes. The Speakers of Proto-Indo-European
00:25:02 2.2.7 Chapter Fourteen: The Western Indo-European Languages
00:28:10 2.2.8 Chapter Fifteen: Chariot Warriors of the Northern Steppes
00:30:51 2.2.9 Chapter Sixteen: The Opening of the Eurasian Steppes
00:31:55 3 Reception
00:38:36 4 Awards



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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World is a 2007 book by David W. Anthony, in which the author describes his "revised Kurgan theory." He explores the origins and spread of the Indo-European languages from the Pontic-Caspian steppes throughout Western Europe, and Central and South Asia. He shows how the domesticated horse and the invention of the wheel mobilized the steppe herding societies in the Eurasian Steppe, and combined with the introduction of bronze technology and new social structures of patron-client relationships gave an advantage to the Indo-European societies. The book won the Society for American Archaeology's 2010 Book Award.