Reading this really makes me want to revisit The Horse, The Wheel, and Language now. (It's also great source material if one wants to write fiction about ancient people that doesn't follow the most well-worn tracks.)
Oddly enough, I've found a pretty good book-end to Anthony's work is Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. The latter also offers a more nuanced view of steppe society and of cultural and technological diffusion at that time.
I'm not one of the people who were reading The Horse, etc. back when you were, but I'll be reading it now. Just ordered it from the library. If it's as fascinating as you make it sound, I'll buy a copy.
Reading this really makes me want to revisit The Horse, The Wheel, and Language now. (It's also great source material if one wants to write fiction about ancient people that doesn't follow the most well-worn tracks.)
Oddly enough, I've found a pretty good book-end to Anthony's work is Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. The latter also offers a more nuanced view of steppe society and of cultural and technological diffusion at that time.
I'm not one of the people who were reading The Horse, etc. back when you were, but I'll be reading it now. Just ordered it from the library. If it's as fascinating as you make it sound, I'll buy a copy.
I promise, this post is only scratching the surface. It's an amazing book
Looking forward to it!
I am reading the book "Proto" right now, which largely squares with many of these observations.
Wow- so many animal species are run by matriarchies....
Hi Adam! I’ve been on here for about 2 weeks, and I’m trying to meet new people.
You share some interesting posts, so I thought I’d drop a comment and introduce myself with a article, I hope that’s okay friend:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jordannuttall/p/the-plague-in-asia?r=4f55i2&utm_medium=ios