Black Athena Vol. IIAfroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, Volume II: the Archaeological and Documentary Evidence |
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| Author:
| Bernal, Martin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-1584-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1991 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $41.95 |
Book Description:
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What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the whole basis of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century - chiefly for racist reasons.
Volume II is concerned with the archaeological and documentary...
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What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the whole basis of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century - chiefly for racist reasons.
Volume II is concerned with the archaeological and documentary evidence for contacts between Egypt and the Levant on the one hand and the Aegean on the other, during the Bronze Age from c. 3400 B.C. to c. 1100 B.C.