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Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization is a controversial three-volume scholarly work by Martin Bernal. He discusses ancient Greece
in a new light. Bernal's thesis discusses the perception of ancient
Greece in relation to Greece's African and Asiatic neighbors, especially
the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians who, he believes, colonized ancient Greece.
Bernal proposes that a change in the Western perception of Greece
took place from the 18th century onward and that this change fostered a
subsequent denial by Western academia of any significant African and Phoenician influence on ancient Greek civilization.
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization is a controversial three-volume scholarly work by Martin Bernal. He discusses ancient Greece
in a new light. Bernal's thesis discusses the perception of ancient
Greece in relation to Greece's African and Asiatic neighbors, especially
the ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians who, he believes, colonized ancient Greece.
Bernal proposes that a change in the Western perception of Greece
took place from the 18th century onward and that this change fostered a
subsequent denial by Western academia of any significant African and Phoenician influence on ancient Greek civilization.
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