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Indo-European Migration

Indo-European Migration. Indo-Europeans. Who? Nomads who migrated, or moved, into Europe, India, and Asia Why? No one is 100% sure (invaders, disease, environment) Article of study done 10 days ago How do we know?

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Indo-European Migration

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  1. Indo-European Migration

  2. Indo-Europeans • Who? • Nomads who migrated, or moved, into Europe, India, and Asia • Why? • No one is 100% sure (invaders, disease, environment) • Article of study done 10 days ago • How do we know? • Language—spoke ancient language that is the basis for the language that we speak today (also Spanish, Persian, and Hindi) • Language tells us where people settles • Archaeogenetics—the study of artifacts and DNA to piece together migration routes

  3. Empires Created Following the Move • Hittite in Mesopotamia • In Babylon, cultural diffusion takes place in their art, literature, and technology • First to use iron weapons, spread through war and trade • Aryans move into India, or Indus • Vedas, or Aryan religious text, is the only thing we know about their way of life • Take over the people and introduce “complex institution” that controls how people are organized and what they think, called caste system • Aryans were less advanced (cows as $ and no written language) but take charge based on skin color

  4. Caste System • Social hierarchy based on skin color (“dadas” or dark) • Aryans insert themselves at the top • Brahmins or priests • Kshatriyasor warriors • Vaishyas or peasants/traders • Shudrasor laborers***non-Aryans • Varnas, or skin color, determined class • Born into caste for life, determined your job, who you marry, what you eat • “Untouchables” at bottom doing impure work • Results: • Violence, struggle for power, and mixing of cultures and caste system creates new things…

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