In this richly illustrated account of black-white contacts from
the Pharaohs to the Caesars, Frank Snowden demonstrates that the
ancients did not discriminate against blacks because of their
color. For three thousand years Mediterranean whites intermittently
came in contact with African blacks in commerce and war, and left a
record of these encounters in art and in written documents. The
blacks--most commonly known as Kushites, Ethiopians, or
Nubians--were redoubtable warriors and commanded the respect of
their white adversaries. The overall view of blacks was highly
favorable. In science, philosophy, and religion color was not the
basis of theories concerning inferior peoples. And early
Christianity saw in the black man a dramatic symbol of its catholic
mission.
This book sheds light on the reasons for the absence in
antiquity of virulent color prejudice and for the difference in
attitudes of whites toward blacks in ancient and modern
societies.
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