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HATS Assessment
Directions: Use the source information, your knowledge of history and the map to answer the
question below.
Source: In India and Mesopotamia, civilizations first developed around lush river valleys. These
wealthy river valleys attracted nomadic tribes. The Indo-Europeans were a group of nomadic
peoples who migrated into Asia Minor (also known as Anatolia) for unknown reasons.
Question: Which two facts below represent the best pieces of evidence historians and scientists
have to prove these Indo-European peoples migrated 4000 years ago?
1. Trading throughout the Mediterranean Sea started by the Phoenicians led to the rise of
many wealth city-states. These interactions based on trade led to cultural diffusion
throughout the region (Beck, et. all, World History: Patterns of Interaction).
2. The languages of the Indo-Europeans were the root of many of the modern languages of
Europe, Southwest Asia, and South Asia. English, Spanish, Persian, and Hindi al trace
their origins back to different forms of the original Indo-European language (Beck, et. all,
World History: Patterns of Interaction).
3. The science of archaeogenetics (using DNA evidence from historical artifacts like
skeletons in comparison to the DNA of people today) is used to trace the patterns of
human migration to and from Asia Minor (National Geographic: The Genographic
Project).
4. A small group of scientists and historians support the “Anatolian Hypothesis.” This
unpopular belief says that early humans started the migration process in the opposite
pattern that is widely believed. Basically, instead of going to Anatolia, people left
Anatolia (Cambridge Language Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2013).