The dissemination of iron and the spread of languages
This incredibly fine NHK documentary on "The Iron Road" will only be available online until November 8. Since I do not know whether and in what form it will be available after November 8, I'm including it here only as a link embedded in the title. If anyone discovers that, after November 8, it might be available on YouTube, Vimeo, or other easily accessible platform, I would be very grateful. In any event, if you are interested in the history and transmission of ferrous metallurgy across Eurasia, together with its cultural and political impact, as well as Hittite and Scythian art, architecture, and language, and what came before the Silk Road, I strongly urge you to view this video by November 8. This is one of the best Eurasian archeology documentaries that I have ever seen.
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