Episode 1. Greece Before History
Casting Through Ancient Greece
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The Indo-European Migration Theory
Migrations of language, ideas and people started pushing north into Eurasia. It's thought that the idea of horseback riding and the world may have originated in these areas. These discoveries date back to somewhere around as far back as 6,500 BC. From around 4,500 BC, their dispersal can be traced through archaeological finds spreading out from these locations. Another offshoot theory is that the Indo-European languages and ideas spread west from Anatolia, once they had reached and further developed there.
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