More on the Near Eastern influences on pre-Socratic Greek Philosophy in general: http://www.askwhy.co.uk/judaism/GreekIndex.html On Zoroastrian influences: http://www.thedyinggod.com/magi.htm For a more detailed account of the origins of Greek mathematics, see: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/masters/Greek/greekorg.pdf On Messopotamian astronomy and its influences on the Greek: http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol15/ancient.htm About the Phoenician influences in Greek art and architecture see: http://www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk/Phoenician/Phoenicians4.html Just the tip of the iceberg, of course. O.K. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
