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Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Chronic Insomnia Indo-European cultures in Asia The One Asia Community in Cross-Cultural Dialogue with Europe Madrid, UCM, May 2018 Prof. Dra.. Julia M. Mendoza Tuñón Emerita. Indo-European Linguistics Universidad Complutense de Madrid The Indo-European languages Indo-European Homeland Bibliographical Reference Bryant, E. F: & Paton, L. L. The Indo-Aryan Controversy. Evidence and Inference in Indian History. London, Routledge 2005 Kurganic culture Kurganic culture 4500 IE Archeological cultures in Europe IE Archaeological cultures in Asia: Andronovo and Afanasievo Andronovo culture Andronovo Indoeuropean languages in Asia Anatolian Armenian Indo-Iranian Tocharian The Anatolian languages The Anatolian languages 2nd mil. B.C. 1st mil. B.C. Hittite Hieroglyphic Palaic Luwian Cuneiform Lycian Luwian Lydian Hieroglyphic Pisidian Luwian Sidetic Carian Hittite 1900-1200 B.C Cuneiform tablet Armenian Republic Armenian Kingdom 95-65 a.C. Armenian: Hypothetical origins Armenian kingdom: IV A.D. Indo-Iranian: Andronovo culture The Aryans skt. arya- / ārya “hospitalary” > “noble” Designates -Vedic Indians -Iranians: Darius´ Persian empire Oriental Iranians (Avesta) Mitanni Empire The Language of the Mitanni Ritual Formula Mitanni Mitraššil Uruwanaššil Indara Našsatiyaššil Ṛgveda Mitrāvaruṇā Indra Nāsatyā Geography of the Ṛgveda Map of Vedic India Indo-Aryan languages Ancient Indo-Aryan Vedic Sanskrit Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit dialects Aśoka inscriptions Pāli Modern Indo-Aryan Languages of India Modern Indo-Aryan languages Modern Iranian languages Ancient Iranian languages Achaemenid empire: 550-330 B.C Behistun Behistum Inscription Texts of the Avesta Yasna Visprad Videvdad Gathas Seven Chapters Yasna Yashts Khorda Avesta Fragmentos: Neragestan Hadokht Nask Aogemadaecha Afrin i Zardusht Sassanid empire 224-651 A.D. Silk Road Tocharian: Tarim Basin Tocharian texts: Cave 17 Qizil Cave Central Asia 4000-3000 B.C. Central Asia 3000-2000 B.C. Man of Cherchén Belle of Loulan Thank you for your attention! Date of the Ṛgveda Terminus ante quem: Iron Age c. 1200 B.C. Ṛgvedic Periods I.- Early Ṛgvedic : c. 1700-1500. Books 4, 5, 6 and book 2 (?). II.- Middle Ṛgvedic: c. 1500-1350. Books 3, 7, 8.1-66 y 1.51-19. III.- Late Ṛgvedic: c. 1350-1200. Books 1.1-50, 8.67-103, 10.1-84; 10.85- 191. .
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