Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a CivilizationPsychology Press, 2006 - 437 síður Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Barry J. Kemp's popular text presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, the book also includes two new chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were. Fully illustrated, the book draws on both ancient written materials and decades of excavation evidence, transforming our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, Kemp's work is an indispensable text for all students of Ancient Egypt. |
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... become states . The state provides both the most practical framework within which we can study culture , and , at the same time , one of the most conspicuous aspects of culture . The nature of the ancient Egyptian state and its wealth ...
... become in turn influential , to tiny or to large extents , producing self- reinforcing trends . Certain patterns recur , but not in a way that is wholly predictable . Collective behaviour , which becomes history as the years pass ...
... becomes a fragment of history is apparent in modern stock markets in which , day by day , many thousands of transactions are made , each involving an element of judgement by the human actors or agents . Moods of confidence and ...
... becomes a tale of increasingly flamboyant ways by means of which energy is dispersed . If the outcome were to be wholly destructive then that end would be thwarted . Sufficient of what has evolved and developed must survive to allow the ...
... becomes broader , the western cliffs fade into a low escarpment , and the land is watered not only by the main course of the river but also by a winding parallel offshoot , the Bahr Yusef ( Figure 1 ) . Because of its distinctive ...
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Who were the ancient Egyptians? | 19 |
The intellectual foundations of the early state | 60 |
The dynamics of culture | 111 |
The provider state | 161 |
The bureaucratic mind | 163 |
Model communities | 193 |
Intimations of our future | 245 |
New Kingdom Egypt the mature state | 247 |
The birth of economic man | 302 |
Moving on | 336 |
Epilogue | 387 |
Notes | 389 |
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