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Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe

Title
Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe / Robert Drews.
Author
Drews, Robert
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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viii, 284 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"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 shores 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"--Provided by publisher.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Origins and Spread of Proto-Indo-European -- The Kurgan Theory and the Taming of Horses -- Warfare in Western Eurasia in the Third and Early Second Millennium BC -- Chariot Warfare, the Beginning of Militarism, and its Indo-European Connection -- The Beginnings of Militarism in Temperate Europe -- The Beginning of Militarism in Greece -- The Question of Origins -- Appendix: The Chronological Quandary.
Call Number
JFE 17-8807
ISBN
  • 9781138282728
  • 1138282723
LCCN
  • 2016052278
  • 40027280907
OCLC
957682709
Author
Drews, Robert, author.
Title
Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe / Robert Drews.
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40027280907
Research Call Number
JFE 17-8807
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