It was the ___ who first tamed the horse. They appear to also have been the first patriarchal society and it was they who brought war to Old Europe and the Middle East. These invasions occurred in three waves, around 4300, 3400, and 3000 BC.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.