{"product_id":"black-athena-the-afroasiatic-roots-of-classical-civilization-volume-i-the-fabrication-of-ancient-greece-1785-1985-volume-1-paperback","title":"Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume I: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985 Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Bernal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1990 American Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers--Aryans--from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this \"Aryan model.\" They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an unprecedented tour de force, Bernal links a wide range of areas and disciplines--drama, poetry, myth, theological controversy, esoteric religion, philosophy, biography, language, historical narrative, and the emergence of \"modern scholarship.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARTIN BERNAL (1937-2013) was a British scholar of modern Chinese political history and a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His celebrated\u003ci\u003e Black Athena\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy is a controversial series which argues that Ancient Greek civilization and language are Eastern and Egyptian in origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 669\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769780568352,"sku":"9781978804265","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2957af29b5b85e84c341687de30d91f1.webp?v=1780356383","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-athena-the-afroasiatic-roots-of-classical-civilization-volume-i-the-fabrication-of-ancient-greece-1785-1985-volume-1-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}