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Black Athena The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume I: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985 (Volume 1)

Martin Bernal

Winner of the 1990 American Book Award 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 cultur...

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The book was cited as a controversial work that argued for African and Semitic influences on ancient Greek culture, illustrating the resistance among scholars to acknowledging the field's role in whitewashing antiquity.

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Bernal's trilogy was cited as a controversial work that argued for African and Semitic influences on ancient Greek culture, illustrating resistance among scholars to acknowledging the field's role in whitewashing antiquity.

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Martin Bernal's trilogy positing African and Semitic influence on ancient Greek culture just how resistant some of their colleagues were to acknowledging the field's role in whitewashing antiquity.

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