BLKS 201 – Global Systems
Short Assignment – 1
Due: 11 June 2016
1.
Why did Diop place so much emphasis on Herodotus when explaining Egypt?
There was so much emphasis on Herodotus because he was saying that when Egypt was first
discovered it started with black people. He knew how to distinguish with what he has been
told and what he has already learned, he seemed as though he was a very intelligent man. He
was very descriptive man.
2.
According to Diop, what two French men were instrumental in the early interpretation of
discovered hieroglyphics?
Champollion the Younger and Champollion- Figeac
3.
Who was Cherubini and how does he characterize the Egyptian classifications?
Cherubini was Champollion’s travel companion and he utilizes the same Bibanel-Moluk
document to characterize the Egyptian race. He believes that Egypt is a colony of Ethiopia,
that is Sudanese Meroitic
4.
According to Diop, what three factors compete with one another in the formation of a
5.