Jehan Desanges
 
Desanges, Jehan
Desanges, Jehan
United States of America
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Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of...
It is quite clear that the classical world came to know the blacks by way of the Nile Valley: the evidence set forth in the preceding chapters is abundant proof of this. We cannot, however, reject a priori, from the mere fact of its geographical location, the possibility that Punic (later Roman) Africa may have had direct knowledge of the black world, knowledge which in the course of time could...
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PublisherHarvard University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.251-274
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00137.008