Bentley, of the text, Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, defines the Indo-Europeans as a, "Series of tribes from southern Russia who, over a period of millennia, embarked on a series of migration from India through western Europe; their greatest legacy was the broad distribution of Indo-European languages throughout Eurasia" (G-4). The Indo-Europeans played a huge role in the historical development of various parts of the Near East and India. The Indo-European migrations affect the lives and social structures of many that they encountered. The Indo-Europeans were responsible for the re-innovation of war chariots and the refining of iron metallurgy. The Indo-Europeans fabricated the Caste System, a world wide system used to maintain order and sustain structure. All and all, Indo-Europeans have profoundly impacted the world with its existence and contributions. .
Thirty centuries ago the Fertile Valley's populace consisted of Egypt, Babylon, Assyria and Phoenicia; with time this society of races became bromidic and old. In lieu of this happening, the Indo-European race rose into power. The new race of people took over Europe and made itself the ruling force of today's British India. The Indo-Europeans were white men like those of the Semites. (www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/history/thestoryofmankind/chap12.html) However, the Indo-Europeans spoke a different language. The language of the new race compared greatly to most European languages with the exclusion of Hungarian, Finnish, and Basque tongue of northern Spain. The Indo-European language can best be divided into six major subgroups, which consist of: Indo-Iranian, Greek, Balto-Slavic, Germanic, Italic and Celtic families. The evolution of such similar vocabulary and grammar within the Indo-European language derives from the posterity of ancestors with common languages from the move from their primitive land.