Ancient Greek mathematicians were erroneously credited with African discoveries
Evidence
Western falsiļ¬cation of history is also evident in the attribution of ancient Africansā mathematical knowledge to Thales and Euclid. In fact, ancient Africans in Egyptian Sais were able to calculate the height of a pyramid as well as the distance of a ship in the ocean from a given point on land. ā Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_ā¦, 945
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to broader Afrocentric historiography debates, e.g. Bernalās Black Athena thesis on Egyptian influence on Greece.
- QUESTION: What is the evidence that Thalesā theorems came from Egypt, and is that a settled historiographic position or a contested Afrocentric claim?