Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction. Athens: Cradle of Democracy?
1. European Tradition Versus Afrocentrism: The Reality Behind the Myth of “Black Athena”
2. What the Greeks Learned from Their Predecessors: Wine and Olive Cultivation, Pottery and Metallurgy
3. Greek Immigrants and Native Europeans in Southeastern Europe: Contact of Cultures, Fusion of Languages and Ways to Remember the Past
4. Seafaring, Trade and Commerce: Trade Networks in the Early Greek World
5. Ingredients of ­Pan-Hellenic Identity: Sacred Places, Rituals and Festivities
6. Pre-Greek Origins of the Arts: The Muses and Their Doings from Old Europe to Classical Antiquity
7. Old European Bases 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
Bibliography
Index