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This archaic Irānāryan speech-forms are clearly older than the oldest Avestan or Sanskrit known to us."
Kassitāryans established their rule over South Mesopotamia in the Eighteenth century B. C. Hittitaryans occupied Anatolia in Asia Minor Circa 1950 B. C. Both spoke Aryan dialects. Hittite is known as the oldest Aryan dialect.
Minyans were the first Aryans to reach Greece. Minyan ware are found at Troy and Boghaz-keui in the fifteenth century B. C. Minyans were warlike people who established their hegemony in Greek mainland but they did not exterminate the indigenous people and coalesced with them. They formed the vanguard of Greek Aryans who coalescing with the original inhabitants formed the Mycenaeans. These invading Greekāryans who offered friendship to the original people of the Titan-cult extended their power to Thessaly province Circa 1505 B. C. It appears fairly probable that the Greekāryans entered Greek mainland in the sixteenth century B. C. These Greekāryans were familiar with certain Aryan words such as Zeus, Eros, Ouranus, Helios and several others.
Lithuanian is certainly the most archaic Aryan language. The influence of the Lithuanian speech-forms in pre-historic times extended much further still to the east.
Asiaryans bifurcated in two parts in central Asia. Hittitaryans occupied Asia Minor Circa 1950 B. C. Irānāryans reached Northern Iran Circa 2000 B. C.
The existence of Aryan languages in Iran, Asia Minor. Greece and Lithunia during the beginning and middle of Second Millennium B. C. suggests that the land of their common origin should not be far removed from these areas. The archaic character of the Lithuanian language and its further unprogressiveness may be ascribed to the uneventful
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