Lecture 3. Africa and the Ancient Mediterranean

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Bernal’s critique of Eurocentric history as a racist project of social exclusion. The Eastern Mediterranean distorted by regional specialization. The urban revolution seen in wider comparative perspective. Jack Goody’s application of Childe to Africa is rooted in production and population.
Martin Bernal Black Athena: The Afro-asiatic roots of classical civilization (1987)
http://thememorybank.co.uk/2012/01/10/jack-goodys-vision-of-history-and-african-development-today/