Posted by
Mike on Monday, January 10, 2011 1:35:27 PM
http://westernperspective.blogspot.com/
So far, we have explored the adaptations of man in the Northern regions
of Europe during the Ice Age. As climate change became more severe, the
tribes gravitated to refuge locations to insure their survival. Here,
mankind learned how to live in larger communities. As the glaciers
began to melt, farming techniques and livestock were brought to Europe
by immigrants from the Middle East who later became adept at financial
dealings. One of the major refuge areas on the Russian steppes in
present day Ukraine became the center for a high level of cultural
development known as the kurgan culture for their unique style of
burial.
The kurgan culture grew out of the interaction of two related tribal
groups originating in the Altay mountains region of Asia. One group
migrated west as far as Spain and Portugal for which they are known for
their elaborate cave paintings. They intermarried with women of the
local tribes. This we know from their DNA passed down to our own
generation. The other group migrated east eventually reaching northern
India where they became the Aryans including the Brahman nobility. The
two cultures came into contact in east Europe before 3000 B.C. and mixed
with other peoples including Semites from present day Iran, Finno-Ugric
speaking people from north and east, and others from the Caucasus
mountain region. From this kurgan culture came various innovations
including the domestication of the horse, and it gradually spread
throughout Europe and eastward as far as Persia, India and even China.
The Norse called the Ukraine region from which the kurgan culture arose
Asgard. Warrior bands from this region soon spread, which included the
Hellenes into Greece and the Trojans into Asia Minor. As their men
inherited genes from thousands of generations coping with the cold
Northern climate, they became better adapted at ruling those of the warm
Mediterranean climate. The Mediterranean folk lived by trade and had a
great deal of leisure time in which to develop philosophy, music, art
and commerce. Out of this merger arose the great Western civilization
of Greece and Rome.