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Question
Where did the speakers of Proto-Indo-European live?
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Proto-Indo-Europeans speakers lived in Anatolia

The Near-Eastern or Armenian Model proposes speakers of Proto-Indo-European lived in northern Mesopotamia, eastern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), and the southern Caucasus.

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  1. Proto-Indo-Europeans speakers lived on Near-Eastern Homeland
    Over time, the Proto-Indo-European homeland ranged from eastern Anatolia to the southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopotamia. In present-day terms, this includes Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Syria, and Iraq.