Ancient Egyptian State The Origins of Egyptian Culture (C. 8000-2000 BC)

Name: Ancient Egyptian State The Origins of Egyptian Culture (C. 8000-2000 BC)
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ISBN: 9780521573771

ISBN-10: 0521573777

ISBN-13: 9780521573771

Edition: 2009

Authors: Robert J. Wenke

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Ancient Egypt has long held a fascination for cultural historians, archaeologists and anthropologists. This concise, but illuminating, survey traces the emergence of Egypt from a rural backwater into a great nation-state with a written language, diversified economy, complex bureaucracy and rich landscape of temples, tombs and towns. Focusing on the period between 5000 and 2000 BC, the book traces the broad historical processes driving Egyptian civilisation and explores its most remarkable cultural phenomena, from mummification and mathematics to pyramid-building, beer-brewing and hieroglyphs. In addition, the author critically assesses evolutionary theory and examines the strategy and…

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List price: $77.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/27/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 414
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface



The Significance and Character of Ancient Egyptian Civilization



Introduction to the Ancient Egyptians and Their Country



Introduction to the Evidence and Interpretation of Egyptian Antiquity



The Neolithic and Early Predynastic Origins of Dynastic Egyptian Civilization, c. 12,000 BP-4500 BC



Lords of the Two Lands: The Origins of Dynastic Egypt, c. 4500-2700 BC



The Pharaonic State in Early Maturity (2686-2160 BC)



Egypt and General Analyses of State Origins


Bibliography


Index