The Horse, the Wheel, and Language. How Bronze Age Horsemen of the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

By linking archaeological finds with the development of language, David Anthony claims that the speakers of Proto-Indo-European were steppe tribes of ancient Central Eurasia, whose innovations in the use of ox-drawn carts, horseback riding, and battle chariots turned the Eurasian steppe into a thriving transcontinental corridor of trade and cultural exchange. He explains how the steppe dwellers spread their traditions and achieved significant advancements in copper mining, warfare, and the formation of political clientage institutions.

'The Horse, the Wheel, and Language' solves the riddle of the origins of the Indo-European languages, which has troubled scholars for two centuries, and reconstructs a vibrant and influential civilization of antiquity.