Ancient Greece: Affinity with the Nile

George G.M. James studied at Durham University in Britain and after a period at the University of London he gained his doctorate at Columbia University in New York. He then qualified to teach mathematics, Latin, and Greek. Later he was Professor of Logic and Greek at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina for two years, before working at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. James was the author of the widely circulated Stolen Legacy: The Greeks Were Not the Authors of Greek Philosophy, But the People of North Africa, Commonly Called the Egyptians (also known as Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy). It was first published in 1954.In this book, James writes that, among other things, the ancient Greeks were not the original authors of Greek philosophy, which he claims was mainly based on ideas and concepts that were borrowed without acknowledgement, or indeed stolen, from the ancient Egyptians. James was brutally murdered shortly after Stolen Legacy's publication.
  Archaeologist Manfred Bietak conducted extensive research on ancient Greek civilization and it's connections to ancient Egypt. Bietak unearthed evidence from artwork as early as 7000 b.c.e. that depicted the early people inhabiting Greece as African.
  Martin Bernal an English scholar of modern Chinese political history and a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University re-examines the origins of ancient Greek culture and language in his work Black Athena.
 "In my three volumes with the title Black Athena, I argue that the Ancient Egyptian civilization can usefully be seen as African. I also maintain Ancient Egypt and Semitic speaking South West Asia played fundamental roles in the formation of Ancient Greece. Greeks of the Classical and Hellenistic periods 500-50 BCE believed that their religion had come from Egypt that there had also been profound Egyptian influences on the formation of their philosophy and mathematics."-Martin Bernal
  The Minoan civilization was an Aegean Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately 2000 to 1450 BC. The term "Minoan" refers to the mythic "king" Minos and was first used by Arthur Evans in archaeological contexts. The Minoans are known as the earliest high civilization in Greece, and Greece is known as the earliest high civilization in Europe. One of their great achievements was the aqueduct’s that brought fresh water from the mountains to their capital "Knossos", which was many miles away. These aqueducts supplied the water for some of the worlds first "flush" toilets as well as other uses. At the peak of Minoan civilization ,1600 b.c.e., paved roads and multistoried townhouses were prominent. They were Known for their vibrant cities, opulent palaces and established trade connections. Minoan art work is recognized as a major era of visual achievement in Art History.