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# The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Revealing Antiquity)

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Review: simply the best - Like new perfect
Review: Southwest Asian influence on early Greece - People like to call Greece the "cradle of Western civilization", but as this book shows, the Greeks themselves were substantially influenced by the civilizations of Southwest Asia (the "Middle East") in the areas of language, art, literature, and other aspects of their culture. This book doesn't make as radical an argument for Afro-Asiatic influence on Greece as did Martin Bernal's "Black Athena" (which claimed, among other things, that 25% of ancient Greek words were of Semitic origin), but it is nonetheless a useful resource in challenging Eurocentrism. I can only name two flaws with the book, neither of them serious. First, its tone is rather academic and dry. Secondly, it concentrates on Greece's archaic period. I would have like to see some discussion on how much influence, if any, Southwest Asia had on Greece in later periods (e.g. Classical or Hellenistic). Those minor caveats aside, I highly recommend this book for those interested in non-Eurocentric history.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,040,332 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #832 in Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism (Books) #3,557 in Literary Criticism & Theory |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (21) |
| Dimensions  | 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.25 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 067464364X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0674643642 |
| Item Weight  | 9.6 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 238 pages |
| Publication date  | August 11, 1998 |
| Publisher  | Harvard University Press |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ simply the best
*by D***H on December 22, 2025*

Like new perfect

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Southwest Asian influence on early Greece
*by B***R on February 10, 2010*

People like to call Greece the "cradle of Western civilization", but as this book shows, the Greeks themselves were substantially influenced by the civilizations of Southwest Asia (the "Middle East") in the areas of language, art, literature, and other aspects of their culture. This book doesn't make as radical an argument for Afro-Asiatic influence on Greece as did Martin Bernal's "Black Athena" (which claimed, among other things, that 25% of ancient Greek words were of Semitic origin), but it is nonetheless a useful resource in challenging Eurocentrism. I can only name two flaws with the book, neither of them serious. First, its tone is rather academic and dry. Secondly, it concentrates on Greece's archaic period. I would have like to see some discussion on how much influence, if any, Southwest Asia had on Greece in later periods (e.g. Classical or Hellenistic). Those minor caveats aside, I highly recommend this book for those interested in non-Eurocentric history.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Ancient Greeks In Context
*by D***R on November 15, 2002*

First, let's make clear what Burkert does NOT say. This book does not argue that the Greeks are an offshoot of some middle eastern civilization, or that Greek genius was merely a late and relocated flowering of Egyptian or some other oriental genius. Burkert in no way detracts from the greatness and the uniqueness of the Greeks. What he does is remove them from their isolation. He does this by showing a number of points where the Greeks, in the early Archaic Age, borrowed from the cultures around them or at least shared common beliefs or practices. The book is divided into three chapters, each organized around a class of people through whom East-West contacts occurred: craftsmen, seers / healers (workers in the sacred), and poets / singers. Burkert in each chapter reviews archaeological, literary and philological evidence for cultural contacts or "continuum". And the evidence is not overwhelming, but it is considerable. The achievement of _The Orientalizing Revolution_ is not to knock the Greeks off their pedestal. It is to help us better understand the Greeks, by seeing some aspects of their culture in a broader light and by teaching us to apply insights from other lands and peoples to the Greeks. This makes Burkert a worthy heir to Jane Ellen Harrison, for instance, and well worth reading.

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