Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence
Ebook1,276 pages35 hours

Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

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 cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons.

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.

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.”

This volume is the second in a three-part series concerned with the competition between two historical models for the origins of Greek civilization. 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. 34000 BC to c. 1100 BC. These approaches are supplemented by information from later Greek myths, legends, religious cults, and language. The author concludes that contact between the two regions was far more extensive and influential than is generally believed. In the introduction to this volume, Bernal also responds to some reviews and criticism of Volume I of Black Athena.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 14, 2020
ISBN9781978807174
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence
Author

Martin Bernal

Martin Bernal was a British scholar of modern Chinese political history. He was a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University.

Read more from Martin Bernal

Related to Black Athena

Related ebooks

History For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Black Athena

Rating: 3.6774193290322583 out of 5 stars
3.5/5

31 ratings2 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Perhaps elegantly written, but overall a fabrication of true history. If one wishes to know about the history of ancient Greece and any origins of their deities, read elsewhere.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    An excellently written book, fluent and absorbing, and absolutely persuasive to a white greek historian like me. Important not only for its data but also for its methodology

Book preview

Black Athena - Martin Bernal

/F^book_preview_excerpt.htmlŽK\g&WkaH@0ŤDT5LRdJL`D4zE\%!B‹U0xfYtO_aoP%~}ˉTi13".m>չŪ|iɰ+>@?Om7 ,λ벹*n~ya>]޺nY\ro)wmWoyWVUA޻n綽.䏕,}/_V|umW.lNqB>*hW[kEySVn(樸ղz{%߆u+V6qX$I ݬp}.J7bӵ+Y+$Z_*YU疣}MYo\7񧰇\xM募5rƳ˒Oe6vXZu}nruo<ׂ3Xu܄嚰ǡsM/'W˿{Yn;E/_|T)o]ոŢ͕:â Nj]/G^.f§:﯍:h+*\I/4'Z~pZoxj?ݹڕk;k]uw֮p)݀cO vr)m|[ v3C8p-<^oFȢs[z"RY?n]#ox)ޔS0kٵyGDX ;Q=2e㹞me?zT}WTv+r)UBƄr\a"*Q-ܕ-5e\!6nw W$  Y103v7[$qxX5ۂ28_):t z/d坓M]!_α7x\DNITnVLnL W1r80BzO/˹@λϲ>ۥ{F^'Οj39ZR@W΢iyZ/gmȅWj?SD\Ut:*ǯrr>E\秊 aF+''咏޲HPRZy0| A+/^5_Ja@y',LTHNur-V6Kyr! |YS!BDkID7T#XOЋ6v'm3(?cQ#V({l'O{(|e)(o@Zlp _>YS6CW b`X_`l[X)!W)6ѕpϛZsbFnV$LI S[rvlt%fC ML^m"UDRBE>M~R9x-w]f{5"d]Csst9_Ev/'3bj1;.D/AvFρo{ܔrN+z-K\oAQ=/ֲ*[ȏIΠ$+JNntUP3ҋՋr_pAL.;laBT6B]h3QqrT\,^z/ą_5`] 4<]_$^#"U.Dbע*M0/<|"1ND5ٜMM! mN^'NO`{%BaTX%r#t< pHRa}P2izR8X#B(XdICi+!+y;[0<tC,G5BJuWČ?oEZU_\xU]ʝ8y1B0F کEc_CEsy ȩ}՗;Sh++X*/b:9M=Nj+>?aW|{LX=y#g fOk|7Ϟ,~7?/^~zy>mqg//ߞ}5+/{OGC-ǟ{-* _H8G/?L,EhV-aYp%2%j(<Zq*֢xN," 圱\\^T9qWj{esaD> |5h߽i+=xI (\ q)1/Ufz56"Fh8>wge"׻:XFh1@^O="yttG_cd?z|pϏ>wGE<}YܿÇ>|taijvf=ʋ1͞)qceTaoND+|[\L[917~C[=ԎB`Zr[%ZZ8A{ڔm?ZL?P^+-84<1]'?..az?Dnl/7Fk.4ZrBT) :h5+z0]­U6ge}U~+rn1~=÷|h\DNo[?m֟~yb/8i>j>)7ORg? U!dI_$_fU!9!єR/cXLC ϳA59|Ԓ# ȝtvooo:1^w}vWQ6#)Kԥ}moD6!gb.=!So/.UZF-; 0J٩0\T"Ftj%95D7L],"vϰ?@Hߥgh6QAwJ3;3Kmzx8o1{sk;OwŴ׈p/HηOSkWg}~R Bܿ_!8M'u8dyV\#;}ޛ%t^u9^XJ)rs.^&oσ.h[⡻2Bԣm9oͺp}Yq). :!/;1'W+_7u4 U_һw+Wχ?)8y+O P1՟:8`pE|եֳ"[rß?-/f=O\:ꟼ^+t]>Am쫰4==Aӗ<4nhQLU|bp:㻋fFݧ8LIw\0CIrڞ!]QB;Oaǽ^BS/qގj\_IΉfۏۭ죎!h&TyH;9~EnBTk.21S F™%v<9xO(O.\Ϟnn۾F$,N *2r2 !%{ .P?sg%"C^aװCm;ɹfh|ݿ;=ul %?kxq_W~*b6=EMwSdɥdYY/3vOyo`< ݦۮ)$c*]sQo\1RenOK7+ *DvZENwcgENYbma 4pO?4+ b|ܰf.7;q.ֻ 9uȡvKͻgS{l{&;w|ԓ:)=9C_ɜt? ABTHr߸Oͩ֨ :~UE()."\#y{$rRuDrh(3kV6զʱ;W5Xylu?uO\u[Wuw6žw')QcRaޡt-Dx oXŲ6>~OZ3s 'm^wȿw?мV_v[03齥)XNH,!JГSL8qS*%4]`B? gXG =EWg!-:MIڤOЂ$tJp;5.jopHlٻw( 0Gf--Dn)yN7㰮O:x4=6eI/Pi#b5wCg\\mJĦAxfs٦f$P҇(?u=񛶗=]7QU-]Fu#w$X߫ur//+l?yG};}n@ߵ(JkAW_>zufvgP@`l[^.c,a&;e&zhܲLjvAE~յ i#z!)wŸ$^[w_g 6PMY:^ўv;|7n _~d}i$@|Fj$;>Ќv8o4rTvwQNg?@ef^: + y?q-r史$i15Iw3t4=ooжؽBžu], vW#_dyvKkrXF3]{q֖V-:Š5KtX'-®ʫXovuE۶5N(\ qqk;*m6•yR=Z[;vXkwuz,_`z%_-:_k"6EN#|{C{[032Q @Fh@;/ZUW(Ct!T.NJ@{WTǢ9RxK\5%< kz1Sks~D( %JBވy5]jqÝYEnŶf\)W GF:ϢjokJ7^{V֭ D'1_NmC0-,C$p%2V~z]BB?ٻ-hs5 bjo\'@[Odž *Vy$a*W!w~y$&xV,AF.{=yu6kqZ?a鱱òVl60.'܉#wr5lƝ@ڤVhy"6ShrZmhғkG}/wM([mbX; <*I697)ucMAF( K?ՖpE3s-EگзZz < Pi5Y aD&6h'~}4Q!~ ֆµJ 5pE{ Q?s5gLC.dF<2b4 8)^?X"PlՂ8"BHw-UK2|\=, np1^}` _(٭ɿ f+LTEQ!MD4AYzZ:@UơA>S؇>d30SymT۵ g,߱Q,޴V ښVzfeZ&KP`v)%~x`ag}۫N GX`kЦ uɒgaX*K^h> qhL&XC,F(-2Gl_nM~[c.s!yt>jd[C-Pr'AZGnzTkN lB鄉,QXQd@-nk<d<O 9͌&URftJ/T&?&9p#ZВbD'Uڪ $J%|V8Yai_ED3aK5'z 5S(ab3cCs}U;m)7IZ LŒZ+VmnO<3_M]MD0 HEVFQ U'A;{A-A]. XKX"΅_0J!u`q֞*y ^񴌺ģ' ߜZ'evޛQm#%5EQ^=W NBiiGz z!f{`5!!'CbdgR>z DHC^N¦ѾWfDdR27)F5F* 0AWb[@X2a8l?c>L" hYF Ј7x9Gb&4T8<"Oo征ZaopobzW9bSUݺ 41L Y`Xd9!zBHX>W~⺢]ưH%&][2"'gni]V&X6#KLBqE ZU"Ô=eن1 , xM !5sK\\:RzxLv~:уq- ;f~eӺ_ f- *%F-:#ƙ"v8A+(z %T|D9~1SGJ*a5hx91PJQͷSFQ ש@HE ʊD67!~T!t$!;vr4ZLCD7rYCY$,* 6F!z76G >ZX, KPͲMmJN3<K|oO 3}6ҼJ쬑謘<[4YJ*7ԮUWPar%L ku'@:6*olS^.Pa*G43yDwW!hI4N !,تɀw@(92f-wR5-, 8F;Pݲ7cC޴$)!2v׌gPA;7:uXY(U]XA9Nrv'lUǂGJߒ+6`.ggǤ\ƀ]0}r\Rrߠ&uIWbqky\^罳d0w`exk6*yx-WtGɋ5P};o^4 Gcj :E,K(bY5cu18K8ǞE@n#<ͣK~,1\o RhGzZE `сhtn Y'̑?sILMS?0Pk;ƹw3}tj!}B(Cjk?1ZJXႚ6,)$CUlWm,/7juxm@ET&5ْ6 4b%ՌZgRZY`au¡|J,{H4IV3AT7!h.[&7P{…r|gb'4rS/Z1 .3o F#܊8|Р< ne,1(T~|545@)gBؿ@@gNd&@;ž,h匊ӘBB~=ne=j=?wWM[T>|7o@RmBDvM0M\b^-p˘&EI>&PԾ,<|vҚDTi< ckQ#B3uȑOt]C> qC{[ؼ!5K uT1Yў\ %0Z[NaMDBk76a:ͺ5퐉H=apoϾmV:Gx ??|G١%ǿFCMv#VY$ZWۭr_f)*NIٔS!*: *vxf̎ `BJgrNV3{EcOV/%;QStm) -ns̓Zz1{)d^ZM Y,ֵv]Fk`FWX%ʋ-6=mGH.yiȇq:PF^KU~ӜON 1a1h|``dnL= ̃R Zv#eʋX=.{SZy(m8}tRiym:$!FsQPV^s0&~1/jbCf:/<ђV0 KḬc.:%`4d*5b98re[;}DBV܊d֮Z"%ԭm5RnIYT֔Ԏ 'Og(D>ҥVB$QX;=Dq+]dM+,e;6kb58LHl*PVdØ| 3L{.ĶB߭ r5n.QbҚ`BaivP_\ |@Cs&,K7VZmh<7b} ;L3Xf}n,ʃ%՗6(ԨPytҡ _ ߂ş!m>vbbh+rٴ+\|l%;+M رS[B})LO]k5L,!X3x]s0C62u^;6+; [ZƠ& p0wӿ#G!9ɯyUTv_?K5+p|¬51`eK ;fxeW­Kx@k}ډx0C;O$Ksw 6|+KFlw" /!ߖuȮT#ڲZ N?ZbYab6gQuBl/.f< A|w @ ;vљo '"|eOċQY.K+{Zr!4'U6Wb /1 [aTxF{̩ Td1ZgEZ#rBnV_+W$Z 1[=oy&R7pFPs y?ԕ-'ܩxDK@Ѯ[$Npb&&2hd!ɏ?`reO{ 9n!@y ? eaH7L0ƭ+ZH͛B!<KTfcjz:|&2!1A,^m(YMb fQO\V8Ay+0|:> 7OK:~;zwc=x,Q-ե|׵^:J,(PΊeix?f6h`LE<&m9,s$ʔ0QOtl)EpCF]s.JQE"H̄6s9 RQPIKa~ Ĩ&MTc]e!oO5۵U-nSo9,S룷Yq _b1̎Q+Xr=0Zi}(2΄b8vd`t!HX-0gLWrhmU 3mE z/0UݞU FB%0̩V} sF#C K@ٌOZ`6N%.BSNuYG;0A_>$9O'r~DDMicP)_|< )&'TS|VjŷںvZDE|.$m-{UMkpO/P)|K42.p6]h~Mhz*R={ns]?<ɡ#yxt ?GG?R8K_'P!b_!:s{Ճ C1LW\UbfkMa75fQ|.$2oeOOQǏƜ ߜ]$8e{lfe 0q7miQNK3+8M)[qVoVcρ 1-w2fc =| V b]&9{ Aﶩk3vɧׇV)dĮNS ,W /;WYf68Faѯ:U̠./0Ɩ̇oN%У7˜dی s24ܖM",֣pK!=[ kօ &8ׁLDA{o,<=ÝC5O߹"{~ e"rbToS8?~Mƿ^И./y ?L.#Hfn/B:GF sC;q/1?ۭ ̍HNbNvC^fat`d wn${pâUۀT[~JU/sb많gaMnW P!7Fp8Mn\Ȋ ꟪:l-(,\-zjCYLڵ)ګ|ot,g-0\q\}H "(*^~3LV BR ?=ϑ ;s# Gzą~LRO4.=7YfqT.$KieZZ$Dz^ d[96C@%'f=5U oGśQS o}hg{L3+L pҹQuh [M0X \ !a88F-uHKxveK;yK $nr69+HiؒwGUMvdx*yxVdm Ȕ*;~3{zi5Ib>W}|d,?|:P Sߦ"ŀJk$ņi.c,Y ;"C] \3v?~iǵk qoXb'Ts"RQm~ !>G8~gK]yMJaRD|ڎp7W"0e}1dyfAGazMw)O4fimTR:tdU!@ɂ+H9A] yVFoW5䚒T?ZD}ƪF)' >jR}N 42蜸i/}͕*&> g! csEa16_ _@妻6:H>#hBge4  wh@GR\#w/R؂IE>K)! DׁERc={FiGax"BhcevH|"ԣkQ%  Xze\(ɴK *mh7tN֣e4jps"×Uh-RIcPݟƹʜײRbYr;e79;<sF-3Y;3n>R MQPjJ(dJi=E "7fk՛0e|Zޮ84O̐#Y 'q0PS!;v,ˠ /hR@~RCd}r '>l5#J8ڼGT>wbs#Blko+.čϮ'ng ^H(k5#p ŧ˲ז&ĸ!$;%<=k/DbksH5tW5ߵTldb ~sk;LShgp"?vWr~ߚ]`UbdzIW]f A{PO3v0j1!8*PªutSUZb‰b%!U.-0I6}JE ڃŏ(BȍAFm]NS]&I}EHq |t 8tC 474_FeVwK?`)`bvw ٟLFV׷a(ٖY8JbU Ujރy5"0,sWc&>_WM2(8sx| PDZU.(Y (Sy;;q$QTMsb2y&1n rUM+,zPY`JDj0喁UP|>CKBޞ& ١Q 'i7\ ]Də#qeC͗qzu!׏zm qӭ8TFDh6j.z(cZCgAvIqs#kw6&ĩ(ndFѳ""*M~bOJe &bu2ڃcF`Ք==3tCQoaTNlM vе#PLj&Y&p>jr`8."$WR<N+CI9ljH!b IRvӳ3ZaCgɻ%[C!ڂaF̣C1,;̉uXQtXi@#Y hʍ[uYTe >DsۄGG5:F0z ME-C#ƋvD-,s7mHG)ҥQ.9)9f|~EQ/w7AQ4>2CMn!FCf6_tz._b;s2 u>qBΜVV;;?}0x"1{~t_`!L ЙF6h޷ksdqBޡ=)kjpt2-#-ˇҨ8c]0]oI$mϧ %~[U 鶿(V]%;p©tWi0heOL#-4q $g)ǙMCu2zGV#^hK{.XxrTP r>z SAӽϔIc`Va"np)o{Tn]BUfo;b2l_Ri@DJIS(B¶W$lӕJl(巻Z˄lhldf қaPڠr,[C\B^Q6'GU+"yhf:ݢqő(kP|=<c"^`CBiKa; r$z~0d!~0'3Rmt鰍Vg-P:+oC;7אsCMl1E%7u*N6T寭.ŌpϲhxduzmKG:M=0XtX%w;&U y!1Q(ScTl j DR9NJ#߸,@bNT+K1 VN~Q[P+d-[^;B7˔K8 PB} Ɉ֥ODÔs ;'3u;=#6U5Fehd2J`Aŋ@G5s@ p1eb+wRո@wB-ݐ4MBtyYgv!@ c%",3E/VEf.s0#NPt k`iǺb+&B JE=BWn)ҊNkT K9 wv-Aj&ӱҐ`0YU֢ K[hEmP>@O~%`}=6PyӍ@ #b9+38jTA̰Ӳ  H֍hÐKb ,,9\p?9$1^x;,q$yd!?  nuF"0?⵩T07eJ>Ԓ:6U6ƪuŚkm|[:fq ӄH7 Zy2L 2tD`Uk^"zf~&Tg/ NyB5dD2PU*:>IĖ. "aMPvk찵`M=^fdy8y#!+^ďZM0VyUbr6)ď9f/5u" e&Qۚ jmYeR(.xZTX:%k!+8NW4.#QOJL1Ծ2O?bm̎%utXu31-k04uPWPWk]وZ:m 8ECK^nJXl(G7!֬ˊH ۅXKԃ1VcCRѮN˖Y䋵rb YbSQlc$vlRtnѿ5ɝof99l BͮRLÔ,WIAzN'i+>vSꆐ vѾJDɂVFڪX H&2*vxj uJ#{#8(pejY$ L+W<Iho4|SI^>>Hm,AȦcm z)W^P`HfGMLJ=lf:!E9"me2F4h[Sι1>xIc7p@"ޠN $JZ$ujRhŎiU 54ՕMcfQ3aͼ=q|򈛒- N\]:p~/J^9õ #AY=6޼stGS7-VVAAY"?}o#B$cȃyiZie0@2”Z!}xOa336NkGiqJGf5!0j+-16GJ^p SD/VbD#ue% $S֓Joeim2,~2)lyɴ!!Ȗ(Bvv CcRxCjIۨ +N,]]=͡ޫx*-qt(H *c."ޏ=*?)Ntyڊ'a#B܎}cD*ڦ%Ăn4ES cV&ŒjZRkal=HŮ\sHW_"@W1V"@Xtgy(~˥8V +?q[^f-m-\l8x'%y;:%D z K"D) dÈwT>LS&ȟzۢo-ӂ=jY![ES2T0dRB% vi|2"{[u%M+9PaqÌ4@CYk2SJ7=+oL͊8 Ǩz"@ LTd Tم] rb&Fm} lW*CHHǏ鋪d%pQf!t4ʦ@f` v>>9rq.d])C/XZy4D0b},5`Ldj4i-VYtj 1G} (;XaT xlFCCg2-Ei+ hh1&NTn]j:RnoY,NqXlLm3Rçʤ  f9`]&3p%ӄ2iz;zMyo)uM\m)Ȩɩ51Nv+53W †RO[~S>A phR5;1)X:\ukCb;f0̓{U٤O+>ZLV%ܻxDjYTow" yHJ%LX^r|\`|ϩ=#$|*iKNY [m]FW`G3& -C+ǫo-CYQ*\.+RI $~2铈ܕuTW0]L+ii6Ng`b6]CQ,W>!?u{-c )h4YB,kJNbTd miZEAb@mBu@gEp(p&Ȏ)i-$Hh`geO0VE]aHu!{e$h-m'@),f|f/arAԆFr;NV[u2G@m ^͗fGF& 7.t_͉s\!pzl2i"2dgs>-.GLkBZY\A6l;Vc` TVcʪ0#fQP}<ܡØˮw j H wL) g չiXnXESqj:L,ɝ槥˃㶳edfSէ>kvs1Xbkwvb7xb#7R U r `8۟f2_GZB.iMMTPR;+9:D HY'hƺ-{ Ůk!z.e:ph -,!*wG7͑Fov[ :a3. P@-L) !8x݂~_+&g֍VƱ9 , :l"M%ԅ=2*$-3PEr>2- OPp5u]:=cD6SBɪ?RD\nv@3L)DEK=zN!(-LȺQ뚼`F&0,;RPaF>nte(l2_4'4w8idt
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1