Editing Martin Bernal (section)

{{Short description|British political historian (1937- 2013)}}
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'''Martin Gardiner Bernal''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ər|ˈ|n|ɑː|l}}; 10 March 1937<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for Margaret Gardiner]</ref> – 9 June 2013<ref name = "Cornell Chron">{{Citation
| url   = http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/06/professor-martin-bernal-black-athena-author-dies-76
| title = Professor Martin Bernal, 'Black Athena' author, dies at 76
| work  = Cornell Chronicle
| publisher  = [[Cornell University]]
| accessdate = 15 June 2012
}}</ref>)
was a British scholar of modern Chinese political history. He was a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at [[Cornell University]]. He is best known for his work ''[[Black Athena]]'', a well-known controversial<ref>Mary R. Lefkowitz, ''Black Athena Revisited'', The University of North Carolina Press, 1996, [https://books.google.com/books?id=97jwg1Xwpj0C&q=Black+Athena+revisited on Google books]</ref><ref>Jacques Berlinerblau, ''Heresy in the University: The Black Athena Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals'', Rutgers University Press, 1999.</ref> work which argues that the culture, language, and political structure of [[Ancient Greek civilisation|Ancient Greece]] contained substantial influences from [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] and [[Syria (region)|Syria-Palestine]].