ISBN:
9780786478279
Language:
English
Pages:
V, 240 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Bronze age
;
Culture Origin
;
Social evolution
;
Greece Civilization To 146 B.C
;
Europa
;
Bronzezeit
;
Griechenland
;
Kulturelle Entwicklung
;
Griechenland
;
Bronzezeit
;
Vinča-Kultur
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : Athens, cradle of democracy?European tradition versus Afrocentrism : the reality behind the myth of "Black Athena" -- What the Greeks learned from their predecessors : wine and olive cultivation, pottery and metallurgy -- Greek immigrants and native Europeans in southeastern Europe : contact of cultures, fusion of languages and ways to remember the past -- Seafaring, trade and commerce : trade networks in the early Greek world -- Ingredients of pan-Hellenic identity : sacred places, rituals and festivities -- Pre-Greek origins of the arts : the Muses and their doings from old Europe to classical antiquity -- 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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