
Episode 9: Who Were the Indo-Europeans?
The History of English Podcast
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The Origin of the Indo European Language
The original inda european language had to have been spoken after wheeled vehicles existed, around four thousand b c. This conclusion is based on the animal bone evidence in the archaeological record. Sheep were initially domesticated in the near east and later brought to europe. The longer hair required for textiles may have evolved in the colder european climate,. And the lon hair may have then started to be used for fabrics. So anyway, woven wool textiles appeared in europe and the near east after 33 hundred b c - though wool bearing sheep could have appeared as early as 4 thousand b c in the northern caucasus mountains.
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