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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453763703321

Autore

Diop Cheikh Anta

Titolo

The African origin of civilization [[electronic resource] ] : myth or reality / / Chiekh Anta Diop ; [edited and] translated from the French by Mercer Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Lawrence Hill Books, c1974

ISBN

1-61374-734-9

1-61374-736-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DiopCheikh Anta

CookMercer <1903-1987.>

Disciplina

913.3206

913.320696

Soggetti

Black people - Egypt

Black race - History

Electronic books.

Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of sections of Antériorité des civilisations négres and Nations nègres et culture.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE: The Meaning of Our Work; CHAPTER I: What Were the Egyptians?; CHAPTER II: Birth of the Negro Myth; CHAPTER III: Modern Falsification of History; CHAPTER IV: Could Egyptian Civilization Have Originated in the Delta?; CHAPTER V: Could Egyptian Civilization Be of Asian Origin?; CHAPTER VI: The Egyptian Race as Seen and Treated by Anthropologists; CHAPTER VII: Arguments Supporting a Negro Origin; CHAPTER VIII: Arguments Opposing a Negro Origin; CHAPTER IX: Peopling of Africa from the Nile Valley

CHAPTER X: Political and Social Evolution of Ancient EgyptCHAPTER XI: Contribution of Ethiopia-Nubia and Egypt; CHAPTER XII: Reply to a Critic; CHAPTER XIII: Early History of Humanity: Evolution of the Black World; CONCLUSION; NOTES; NOTES ON ARCHEOLOGICAL TERMS USED IN THE TEXT; BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z



Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.</DIV>