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The three-volume text Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, published in 1987 (vol. 1), 1991 (vol. 2), and 2006 (vol. 3) respectively, is a pseudoarchaeological trilogy by Martin Bernal proposing an alternative hypothesis on the origins of ancient Greece and classical civilisation.
Jan 1, 1987 · In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization.
- Martin Bernal
Aug 5, 2010 · In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization.
“Martin Bernal’s Black Athena is nothing short of a monumental achievement in scholarship that reoriented and transformed serious study of ancient civilizations. It remains a soaring accomplishment of classical erudition of the Afroasiatic foundation of Greek history.”
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, its three volumes first published in 1987, 1991, and 2006 respectively, is a controversial wor...
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, Volume 2. Winner of the American Book Award, 1990. This volume is the second in a projected four-part series concerned...
Feb 14, 2020 · 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...
Feb 1, 1987 · In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization.
Dec 29, 2018 · Bernal argues that ancient scholars such as Herodotus, Thucydides, Isokrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Plutarch – inarguably closer to the period in question than 19th and 20th century historians – discuss the role of the Egyptians and Levantines (Phoenicians) on early Greek settlements.
The debate surrounding the Black Athena is a complex, multi-layered argument that developed from theorists across history, philosophy and social rights movements who have evaluated the evidence first put forward by Martin Bernal in his book: Black Athena.
