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Black Athena

The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume II: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence Volume 2
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Rutgers University Presserschienen am14.02.2020
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.mehr
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KlappentextBlack 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.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-9788-0716-7
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Erscheinungsdatum14.02.2020
Seiten938 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 137 mm, Höhe 206 mm, Dicke 66 mm
Gewicht1043 g
Artikel-Nr.51913946
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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\Preface and Acknowledgements                                                                                   Transcription and Phonetics                                                                                          Chronological Tables                                                                                                     Introduction                                                                                                                   Intrinsic reasons for preferring the Revised Ancient Model to the Aryan one             Some theoretical considerations                                                                                    A summary of the argument                                                                                          Chapter I Crete before the palaces, 7000-2100 bc                                                        The diffusionist and isolationist debate                                                                   Crete before the 21st century bc                                                                                    Cretan religion in the Early Bronze Age                                                                       Conclusion                                                                                                                     Chapter II Egypt s influence on Boiotia and the peloponnese in the 3rd millennium, I The cultic, mythical and legendary evidence                                                                SemelÄ and AlkmÄnÄ                                                                                                     Athena and Athens in Boiotia: The cults of Athena ItÅnia and Athena Alalkomena                                                                                      NÄit, the controller of water                                                                                          The battles between NÄit and Seth, Athena and Poseidon                                            Poseidon / Seth                                                                                                              NÄit / Athena and Nephthys / Erinys                                                                             Herakles                                                                                                                         Conclusion                                                                                                                     Chapter III Egypt s influence on Boiotia and the peloponnese in the 3rd millennium, II The archaeological evidence                                                                                         Spartan archaeology: the tomb of AlkmÄnÄ                                                                  The tomb of Amphion and ZÄthos                                                                                The draining of the Kopais                                                                                            Granaries                                                                                                                        Irrigation and settlement in the Argolid                                                                        Drainage and irrigation in Arkadia                                                                                Parallels between Boiotian and Arkadian place names                                                 Social and political structures in Early Helladic Greece                                               Other archaeological traces of Old Kingdom Egypt in the Aegean                                                                                                                     The end of Early Bronze Age high civilization                                                           Conclusion                                                                                                                     Chapter IV The Old Palace Period in Crete and the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, 2100 to 1730 bc                                                                Early Minoan III - the Prepalatial Period                                                                     Lead and spirals                                                                                                             The Cretan palaces                                                                                                         Crètan writing systems                                                                                                  Cultic symbols in Early Palatial Crete                                                                          Possible Anatolian origins of the bull cult                                                                    Thunder and sex: Min, Pan and Bwäzä                                                                          Min and Minos                                                                                                               The case against Egyptian influence                                                                             Mont and Rhadamanthys                                                                                               The survival of the bull cult - Cretan conservatism                                                    Conclusion                                                                                                                     Chapter V SesÅstris, I The archaeological and documentary evidence for the Greek accounts of his conquest                                                                                     The discovery of the Mit Rahina inscription                                                                 The significance of the inscription as evidence for an Egyptian empire in Asia during the Middle Kingdom                                                  Senwosre and SesÅstris                                                                                                  The real and the fantastic in the SesÅstris stories                                           Middle Kingdom Egypt s military capability                                                                The background                                                                                                             Archaeological evidence for the campaigns                                                                  Was SesÅstris the destroyer?                                                                                         SesÅstris in Thrace and Scythia?                                                                                   SesÅstris in Colchis?                                                                                                      The evidence for SesÅstris conquests from the Mit Rahina inscription                    Conclusion                                                                                                                     Chapter VI SesÅstris, II The cultic, mythical and legendary evidence                                                                The Egyptian tradition                                                                                                   The traditions of the Levant and Anatolia Thrace and Scythia Colchis: an Egyptian colony? Mesopotamia and Iran The Greek legends of MemnÅn and his conquests of Anatolia                                     The case for an Egyptian conquest of Troy c. 1900 bc                                                 SesÅstris / Senwosre and Amenemḥ s conquests: a summary of the evidence                                                                                            Chapter VII The Thera eruption: from the Aegean to China                                        The controversy over dating                                                                                          The eruption re-dated                                                                                                    The implications of the re-dating                                                                                  Thera and Kalliste                                                                                                          Volcanic allusions in the Exodus story                                                                         Membliaros and the pall of darkness                                                                             The myth of Atlantis                                                                                                      The Hekla eruption in Iceland                                                                                       China: the historiographical impact                                                                               The world-wide impact of the Thera eruption                                                               Conclusion                                                                                                                     Chapter VIII The Hyksos                                                                                              The chronology of the 13th Dynasty: chaos in Egypt                                                   The chronology of the 15th Dynasty: the beginnings of Hyksos rule                           The Hyksos capital at Tell el Daba a The 400-year stela and the Temple of Seth A chronological summary Who were the Hyksos? Different views on the origin and the arrival of the Hyksos The Hyksos as a multinational corporation Horses and chariots: Hurrians and Aryans Hurrians and Hyksos Hyksos material culture                                                                                                 The Hyksos and the biblical captivity or sojourn in Egypt                                           Conclusion                                                                                                                     Chapter IX Crete, Thera and the birth of Mycenaean culture in the i8th and 17th centuries bc A Hyksos invasion? The Cretan new palaces The weapons of Crete in MMIII The flying gallop, the sphinx and the griffin Was there a Hyksos invasion of Crete c. 1730 bc? The Hyksos in Thera? The origins of Mycenaean civilization The Aryanist Model of invasion                                                                                    Between Aryan and Ancient: Frank Stubbings Conclusion: a revision of the Ancient Model Chapter X Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Levantine contacts with the Aegean The documentary evidence Egyptian place names referring to the Aegean The etymology of Danaan Documentary evidence for Egyptian relations with the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age Accuracy and hybridism in Egyptian inscriptions and tomb paintings Why did Cretan princes bring tribute to Egypt?                                                           Dating the Mycenaean domination of Crete                                                                  Crete and Mycenaean missions to Egypt                                                                      The statue base of AmenÅphis III Contacts between Egypt and the Aegean in the late 18th and 19th Dynasties A summary of the evidence from Egyptian documents and paintings Mesopotamian and Ugaritic documents Aegean documents Conclusion Chapter XI Egyptian and Levantine contacts with the Aegean, 1550-1250 bc The archaeological evidence Late Mycenaean Greece The relative isolation of the Aegean 1550-1470 bc Egyptian expansion from c. 1520 to 1420 Pelops and the Achaians: evidence from Anatolia Pelops the crown prince ? The Achaians and the Danaans Archaeological traces of the Achaians Mycenaeans and Hittites Ugarit and Cyprus Mycenaean expansion and the conquests of TuthmÅsis III The merchants of the Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age? The KaÅ shipwreck: the sailors The Egyptian Thebes and Mycenae, 1420-1370 bc The foundation deposit plaques The vocabulary of trade The decline of Egyptian influence on the Aegean 1370-1220 bc Phi and Psi figurines and smiting gods Canaanite jars Ivory Conclusion Chapter XII The heroic end to the heroic age The fall of Thebes, Troy and Mycenae 1250-1150 bc Cylinder seals The Boiotian Thebes and the Phoenicians arrival Ancient chronographies Kadmos and the alphabet Kadmos and Danaos: Hyksos rulers Problems in the writing of Linear B The treasure of the Kadmeion                                                                                       The Kassite connection                                                                                                  The destruction of Thebes                                                                                              A brief survey of Trojan history                                                                                    The date of the Trojan War                                                                                            Thebes and Troy                                                                                                            The collapse of Mycenaean civilization                                                                        Conclusion                                                                                                                     Conclusion                                                                                                                     Maps and Charts                                                                                                            Notes                                                                                                                              Glossary                                                                                                                         Bibliography                                                                                                                  Indexmehr

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MARTIN BERNAL (1937-2013) was a British scholar of modern Chinese political history and a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His celebrated Black Athena trilogy is a controversial series which argues that Ancient Greek civilization and language are Eastern and Egyptian in origin.