Cadmean Letters: The Transmission of the Alphabet to the Aegean and Further West Before 1400 B.C.

by Martin Bernal

Western civilization has long sought its cultural roots in the classical civilizations of the Aegean. During the twentieth century, however, it has been made increasingly clear that it owes a great debt to the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent. In the thick of the debate as to how much classical civilizations were influenced by the Levant has been the question of the date of the transmission of the alphabet. In this monograph, Bernal takes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931464471
• ISBN13: 9780931464478
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 176 Pages