Libraries in the sand reveal Africa's academic past

Reuters via Yahoo ^ | Fri Nov 10, 2006 | Nick Tattersall

[A.J.Armitage]

Some academics say the texts will force the West to accept Africa has an intellectual history as old as its own.

1300 AD is as old as 500 BC? And I'll be forced to accept this?

[ApplegateRanch]

1300 AD is as old as 500 BC? And I'll be forced to accept this?

Now, now! Let's not be losing our heads over such a minor matter.

Keep perspective: what is an 1800 year discreapancy in the entire scheme of history?

Keep your head, and accept it; or deny it, and lose your head...there is no compulsion in religeon or learning, since the choice is entirely up to you.

[Criminal Number 18F]

The Carthagenians had a number of problems by today's standards. I'm aware they invented crucifixition as well as engaged in human infant sacrifices.

The Romans were cool on crucifixion, true, but contemporary Romans were pretty appalled by the baby-burning Baal faith of the Barca boys. Indeed, for centuries apologists for the Carthaginians practiced, shall we call it, small-h holocaust denial. Until the 19th Century science of archaeology exposed actual sacrifice sites.

There were cults in Rome that did human sacrifice, true, but they were not mainstream. Now, cruel and barbaric entertainments, that was certainly a Roman cultural fact, but they had their issues with baby sacrifice.

Certainly the Greeks, too, were imperfect; all societies of that era enslaved most of their inhabitants, for one thing. But an objective read of history ought to have us thanking our stars that our culture and civilisation was transmitted via Greece and Rome vice Persia and Carthage... at least, that's my opinion.

As far as liberals' modern intent, you'll find nothing to argue with me about.

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