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Europe's ancient, peaceful, matrilinear and matrifocal culture was wiped out by patriarchal invaders dubbed the Kurgan, according to Archaeologist Marija Gimbutaspeaceful. Is her Kurgan Hypothesis likely? Is it taken seriously today? Do we really know that preinvasion life was women-focused?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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