The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

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? This title reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language.

• | By (Author): David W. Anthony
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 15, 2010
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 568 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 069114818X
• | ISBN-13: 9780691148182