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Option A: I know some of you are interested in linguistics and the expansion of people outwards. In the chapter on India, we learn about the Aryo (Aryan) people, an Indo-European group whose periodic migrations brought the exchange of the Indo-European root language, horses, patriarchal systems, and iron technology to many regions, including India. If you pick this option, read a bit more about the Indo-Europeans using my links, then discuss the importance of these people and the consequences of their expansion. Please also respond to one other person as normal. This is a relatively new option I debuted last semester.
http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/Asi...
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320hist&civ/chapters...
http://www.humanjourney.us/indoEurope.html
Option B: SLO Assignment on the religious culture of India. After reading and listening, visit the following web sites:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm (Links to an external site.) and http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/ (Links to an external site.)
Read about the Rig Veda and browse through some (not all - just a small sample will do) of the hymns presented in this translation. What exactly is the Rig Veda? What can it tell us about the culture that eventually replaced the Harappan society? How would you describe the Aryans based on our cd text andthe Vedas? How does the religious imagery in these hymns compare to what we read about in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and/or prehistoric religions (cave art/Venus period)? Remember to include any relevant information from our text book, podcasts, and websites. Respond to one of your fellow students. The following cc video may be of interest:
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Running Head: THE INDO-EUROPEANS
THE INDO-EUROPEANS
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THE INDO-EUROPEANS
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THE INDO-EUROPEANS
Indo-Europeans were an ethnolinguistic group from the prehistoric times whose language
was Proto Indo-European (PIE). The discovery of Indo-Europeans originates from evidence
archaeologists and linguistic reconstruction. Evidence indicates that the Proto Indo-Europeans
existed in the late Neolithic or 4th millennium B.C. Historians suggest that the Indo-European
lived in Eastern Europe in Pontic Caspian-Steppe, currently known as Southern Russia and
Ukraine. Other archaeologists indicate the time frame of PIE is dated back to 5500 to 4500 BC in
the Neolithic period, where they settled in other areas instead of Eastern Europe. Through
linguistic construction from ancient Indo-European languages like Sanskrit and Latin, IndoEuropean language features are conceived. However, language is not the only feature of the
Indo-Europeans because culture and language are interrelated.
Importance of these People
Indo-Europeans constitute the world’s most popular languages including Sanskrit,
Persian, Latin, Greek, Persian and Pali. Currently, among the most crucial languages across the
globe originate from Indo-European which includes Spanish, Russian, Hindi, German, French,
Eng...