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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... style in their art and architecture across three thousand years , whilst accommodating substantial changes in outlook . The underlying aim is to relate ancient Egypt to the broader mainstream of our understanding of how all human societ ...
... style of history , locate heroes and villains and tell a good story , the more we veer towards soap - opera and away from contemplating the infinitely complex human biomass that is a society and that is , in reality , almost beyond our ...
... ( the Ptolemies ) who managed to live in Greek style in Alex- andria whilst still posing as Pharaohs for the benefit of the more traditionally - minded parts Figure 3 Cultivating perennial gardens and orchards : the improved 12 ...
... styles of pottery and so on . Politically it is clear that with the last century or two of the Predynastic we are dealing with ' kings ' , and a useful general term for them is ' Dynasty 0 ' . For absolute dates I have used the ...
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Efni
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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