Roots of ancient Greek civilization : the influence of old Europe / Harald Haarmann.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 soundings 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.

"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"--

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