Revisionist history

I was given a revisionist history of Egypt from the perspective of Blacks recently by a friend. It was very enlightening and I was shocked by some of the injustice done in the name of "unbiased" historians and scientists. While I respect the African contribution to the achievements of Kemet (Egypt) and feel that their identity of these achievements as the source for a great deal of the "discoveries" of Europeans, I noticed that there was no mention of the greatness of the earliest contributions of the Asian (particularly Chinese) cultures. These were developed independently of Kemet, as there was no contact, yet were just as advanced and far reaching.

I think the lack of credit given to the advanced culture that existed in early China, as well as the scoffing of Greek contributions to the advancement of knowledge showed a bias that is just as unconscionable as the White bias the author was railing against. So, okay- the Greeks were not the originators of a good deal of what has been attributed to them in philosophy, science, mathematics, or theology. However, just because they were not the originators does not mean that they did not advance upon the ideas they imported from Kemet. By the time the Golden Age of Greece was occurring, the nation of Kemet was in decline; a decline that began before any of the invasions by outsiders. It was time for the next great civilization. The people of Kemet started the ball rolling, the Greeks took the ball and advanced it, the Romans took the ball from the Greeks and took it further, the Persians advanced it a bit more, and the European Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, and Nuclear Age took it and ran with it to places undreamed of by any of our ancestors. Who knows what nation will come in and run with it next?

Yes, Kemet, its forefathers the Nubians and native Africans, and its people deserve a great deal of credit for the achievements of our race, the human race. Yet, when giving proper credit, we should be mindful to avoid arrogance by any one culture and recognize the achievements of all; it was the sum of the contributions of all which in the end have gotten us to where we are now. All were needed, all played a part, all deserve proper credit; white and black, Asian or Anglo, urban or agrarian.