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Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, published in 1987 (vol. 1), 1991 (vol. 2), and 2006 (vol. 3), is a pseudoarchaeological trilogy by Martin Bernal [1] [2] [3] proposing an alternative hypothesis on the origins of ancient Greece and classical civilisation.
Following the ancient Roman embassies to China recorded in ancient Chinese histories, there appear to have been contacts between the Byzantine Empire and several dynasties of China, beginning with the Tang dynasty (618–907 AD). [9]
Martin Gardiner Bernal (/ b ər ˈ n ɑː l /; 10 March 1937 [1] – 9 June 2013 [2]) was a British scholar of modern Chinese political history.He was a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University.
Hieronymus of Cardia, Greek general and historian (d. 250 BC) 350 BC. Dicaearchus, Greek philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and polymath (d. c. 285 BC) Megasthenes, Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer (approximate date) Shen Dao, Chinese philosopher known for his blend of Legalism and Taoism (approximate date) (d ...
468 BC: King Zhending of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou dynasty of China. 466 BC: Delian League defeats Persia at the Battle of Eurymedon. 466 BC: The Greek colony of Taras, in Magna Graecia, is defeated by Iapyges, a native population of ancient Apulia; Tarentine monarchy falls, with the installation of a democracy and the expulsion of the ...
The city of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine [a.ˈθi.ne̞] or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina [a.'θi.na]) during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) [1] was the major urban centre of the notable polis of the same name, located in Attica ...
781 BC: King You of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China. 780 BC: The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China. (Although Greece, Egypt, and other Eastern societies had mentioned solar and lunar eclipses, and had been counting their centuries on lunar and solar cycles, the mentioned solar eclipse lasted longer than previous ...
All the Ancient Greek dialects were spoken in Anatolia in the various city states and the list of ancient Greek theatres in Anatolia is one of the longest among all places the Greeks settled. Greeks traditionally lived in the region of Pontus , on the south shores of the Black Sea and in the Pontic Alps in northeastern Anatolia , the province ...