THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN ISLES AND MAINLAND GREECE.
In: African Presence in Early Europe - African Civilizations; 1986, p36-65, 30p, 17 Black and White Photographs
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The article discusses the role of Africans in shaping the civilization in the Mediterranean and Aegean isles and Greece. At an early period, the Sahara region and the Mediterranean shared close cultural kinship. From 7300 to 4000 B.C., the Sahara served as a lush vegetative region for people subsisting upon a Neolithic farming and herding economy. Members of this family group participated in migrations to the islands of the Mediterranean and Aegean, as well as mainland Greece. There are quite a few cultural elements associated with the Libyans which may be African in origin. Among the eccentricities of wardrobe and attire associated with these people were double plumes in the hair, tails attached to short skirts, and most important, the Libyan Bow shield. From Knossos, depictions of Africoid types suggest a Nilotic element. A solid silver pendant from Ailias cemetery, dated 1600-1550 B.C., portrays a squatting, dwarfish figure, that exhibits characteristics of a pygmy. A concept of kinship seems to connect the peoples of North Africa, Palestine, and the Aegean. The associations of Danaus with early Mycenaean history and a possible connection with Phoenicia, and the Hyskos has been advanced by some scholars.
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THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN ISLES AND MAINLAND GREECE.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Brunson, James |
Quelle: | African Presence in Early Europe - African Civilizations; 1986, p36-65, 30p, 17 Black and White Photographs |
Veröffentlichung: | 1986 |
Medientyp: | Buch |
ISBN: | 978-0-88738-664-0 (print) |
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