That is the period when swarms of conquerors swarmed out of Central Asia, I can’t think of their name(s) just now, tired aging brain and all that. If I think of it tomorrow I will message again. The hypothesis is that the earlier European cultures were matriarchal and the invading cultures were patriarchal, which shows up very strongly in the Bible were women are relegated to inferiority and sin.
I heard that same crap from an anthropology professor in the 1970s. Half the class sucked his nonsense up. The other half just rolled their eyes.