The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
| Full title | The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World |
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| Author | David W. Anthony |
| Published | 2007 |
| Pages | 568 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | David Anthony combines archaeology and historical linguistics to locate the Proto-Indo-European homeland on the Pontic-Caspian steppe and to date horse domestication and the wheel. The standard modern treatment of where half the world’s languages came from, and an unusually clear demonstration of how two disciplines can check each other. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. The full list from that thread lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.