Al-Hind, Volume 3 Indo-Islamic Society, 14th- 15th Centuries, WINK, ANDRE
Автор: Robert Drews Название: Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe ISBN: 1138282723 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138282728 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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This book argues that the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe essentially began shortly before 1600 BC, when lands rich in natural resources were taken over by military forces from the Eurasian steppe and from southern Caucasia. First were the copper and silver mines (along with good harbors) in Greece, and the copper and gold mines of the Carpathian basin. By ca. 1500 BC other military men had taken over the amber coasts of Scandinavia and the metalworking district of the southern Alps. These military takeovers offer the most likely explanations for the origins of the Greek, Keltic, Germanic and Italic subgroups of the Indo-European language family.
Battlefield warfare and militarism, Robert Drews contends, were novelties ca. 1600 BC and were a consequence of the military employment of chariots. Current opinion is that militarism and battlefield warfare are as old as formal states, going back before 3000 BC.
Another current opinion is that the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe happened long before 1600 BC. The "Kurgan theory" of Marija Gimbutas and David Anthony dates it from late in the fifth to early in the third millennium BC and explains it as the result of horse-riding conquerors or raiders coming to Europe from the steppe. Colin Renfrew's Archaeology and Language dates the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe to the seventh and sixth millennia BC, and explains it as a consequence of the spread of agriculture in a "wave of advance" from Anatolia through Europe. Pairing linguistic with archaeological evidence Drews concludes that in Greece and Italy, at least, no Indo-European language could have arrived before the second millennium BC.
Описание: The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This volume contains six narratives by Venetian diplomats of travel to Persia in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, which are full of engaging detail about the customs of the countries visited.
Автор: Alam Название: Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400–1800 ISBN: 0521129559 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521129558 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An important study of travel accounts in Persian, dealing with India, Iran and Central Asia between 1400 and 1800. This book can be read for a better understanding of the nature of early modern encounters, but also for the sheer pleasure of entering a new world.
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