Re: another language reconstruction question

John Cowan writes:
 > Florian Rivoal scripsit:
 >
 > > How can the case of english in USA, or latin in western europe
 > > be similar to PIE? Those two are conveyed by One single civilisation or
 > > empire. the whole area is influence by one culture. Was there such a
 > > Proto-indo-european empire reigning over an area as vast as the whole
 > > indo european area?
 >
 > No.  More likely, the PIE-speakers had high technology of some sort
 > (perhaps the horse and war chariot, perhaps bronze metallurgy) that
 > allowed them to dominate their neighbors and spread out.  There surely
 > never was a vast Eurasian empire: rather, they moved outward from the
 > point of origin, conquering as they went -- but *not* staying in touch
 > with their relatives who went in other directions.

There go my plans to found a "Campaign for the Reunification of
Proto-Indo-Europe".