Coming of the Greeks - Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East

Zusatztext "The fact that [a] pattern of localized Near Eastern takeovers coincides with the inception of chariot warfare! coupled with his carefully documented hypothesis that Proto-Indo-European-speaking (PIE) peoples in Armenia were responsible for the development and spread of chariot warfare! serves as the backdrop to Drews's innovative scenario for the arrival of the Greeks.... Such complete Near Eastern analogies involving archaeology! mythology! and linguistics! for example! have been rarely applied to support theories of PIE dispersal.... His research serves the critical function of provoking new views of a long-standing problem." ---Susan N. Skomal! American Journal of Archaeology Informationen zum Autor Robert Drews Klappentext When did the Indo-Europeans enter the lands that they occupied during historical times? And! more specifically! when did the Greeks come to Greece? Robert Drews brings together the evidence--historical! linguistic! and archaeological--to tackle these important questions. Zusammenfassung When did the Indo-Europeans enter the lands that they occupied during historical times? And, more specifically, when did the Greeks come to Greece? This title brings together the evidence - historical, linguistic, and archaeological - to tackle these important questions.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Drews, Drews Robert
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.1994
• EAN: 9780691029511
• ISBN: 978-0-691-02951-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology