Black Athena : : The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence / / Martin Bernal.
Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series, strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars. Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question conventional explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope,...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1086 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Transcription and Phonetics -- Maps and Charts -- Chronological Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Crete Before the Palaces, 7000–2100 BC -- 2. Egypt’s Influence on Boiotia and the Peloponnese in the Third Millennium, I: The Cultic, Mythical and Legendary Evidence -- 3. Egypt’s Influence on Boiotia and the Peloponnese in the Third Millennium, II: The Archaeological Evidence -- 4. The Old Palace Period in Crete and the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 2100–1730 BC -- 5. Sesōstris, I: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence for the Greek Accounts of His Conquest -- 6. Sesōstris, II: The Cultic, Mythical and Legendary Evidence -- 7. The Thera Eruption: From the Aegean to China -- 8. The Hyksos -- 9. Crete, Thera and the Birth of Mycenaean culture in the 18th and 17th Centuries BC: A Hyksos Invasion? -- 10. Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Levantine Contacts with the Aegean: The Documentary Evidence -- 11. Egyptian and Levantine Contacts with the Aegean, 1550–1250 BC: The Archaeological Evidence -- 12. The Heroic End to the Heroic Age: The fall of Thebes, Troy and Mycenae 1250–1150 BC -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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Summary: | Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series, strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars. Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question conventional explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this thoughtful rewriting of history continues to stir academic and political controversy. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781978807198 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704730 9783110704525 9783110690330 |
DOI: | 10.36019/9781978807198 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Martin Bernal. |