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Roots of Ancient Greek Civilization : the Influence of Old Europe.
Contrary to a prevalent belief of the Western world, that democracy, agriculture, theater and the arts were the attainments of Classical Greek civilization, these were actually a Bronze Age fusion of earlier European concepts and Hellenic ingenuity. This work considers both the multicultural wellspr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction. Athens: Cradle of Democracy?; 1. European Tradition Versus Afrocentrism: The Reality Behind the Myth of "Black Athena"; 2. What the Greeks Learned from Their Predecessors: Wine and Olive Cultivation, Pottery and Metallurgy; 3. Greek Immigrants and Native Europeans in Southeastern Europe: Contact of Cultures, Fusion of Languages and Ways to Remember the Past; 4. Seafaring, Trade and Commerce: Trade Networks in the Early Greek World; 5. Ingredients of Pan-Hellenic Identity: Sacred Places, Rituals and Festivities.
- 6. Pre-Greek Origins of the Arts: The Muses and Their Doings from Old Europe to Classical Antiquity7. Old European Bases of Social Egalitarianism in Greek Society: Social Networking and the Making of Democratic Governance; Epilogue. The Long Trail of Old Europe and Its Aftermath in Western Civilization; Bibliography; Index.