On the Trail of the Indo-Europeans: From Neolithic Steppe Nomads to Early Civilisations
On the Trail of the Indo-Europeans: From Neolithic Steppe Nomads to Early Civilisations For more than 3000 years, Indo-European languages have been spoken from India through Persia and into Europe.…
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On the Trail of the Indo-Europeans: From Neolithic Steppe Nomads to Early Civilisations
For more than 3000 years, Indo-European languages have been spoken from India through Persia and into Europe. How and when did its different linguistic branches emerge? Where are the origins of this language family?
In this impressive study, he succeeds in drawing connections between linguistic findings, archaeological discoveries and the latest research into human genetics and climate history. The renowned historical linguist Harald Haarmann provides a graphic account of what we know today about the origins of Indo-European languages and cultures and how they came to be so widely disseminated. In addition to linguistic affinities, he shows the economic, social and religious concepts that the early speakers of Indo-European languages had in common all the way from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Indus.
Particular attention is devoted to the processes of assimilation with pre-Indo-European languages and civilisations. The result is a fascinating panorama of early "Indo-European globalisation" from the end of the last ice age to the early civilisations in Greece, Italy, Asia Minor, Persia and India.
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