Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewIn Ancient Egypt: State and Society, Alan B. Lloyd attempts to define, analyse, and evaluate the institutional and ideological systems which empowered and sustained one of the most successful civilizations of the ancient world for a period in excess of three and a half millennia. The volume adopts the premise that all societies are the product of a continuous dialogue with their physical context - understood in the broadest sense - and that, in order to achieve a successful symbiosis with this context, they develop an interlocking set of systems, defined by historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists as culture. Culture, therefore, can be described as the sum total of the methods employed by a group of human beings to achieve some measure of control over their environment. Covering the entirety of the civilization, and featuring a large number of up-to-date translations of original Egyptian texts, Ancient Egypt focuses on the main aspects of Egyptian culture which gave the society its particular character, and endeavours to establish what allowed the Egyptians to maintain that character for an extraordinary length of time, despite enduring cultural shock of many different kinds. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan B. Lloyd (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, The Department of History and Classics, Swansea University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.754kg ISBN: 9780199286188ISBN 10: 0199286183 Pages: 422 Publication Date: 05 June 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of colour plates List of maps List of figures Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Chronological table Introduction 1: The Historical Context 2: Genesis of a Society 3: Kingship 4: Violence and the State 5: Government of the Kingdom 6: The Dialogue with Environment 7: The Conceptualized Environment 8: Affirmation of a Concept 9: Dialogue and Transition Bibliography IndexReviewsthis is an essential work for anyone wanting to know more about how ancient communities on the Nile created one of the most successful and lasting civilisations of the ancient world. Ancient Egypt this is an essential work for anyone wanting to know more about how ancient communities on the Nile created one of the most successful and lasting civilisations of the ancient world. * Ancient Egypt * Author InformationAlan B. Lloyd is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Classics at Swansea University, and President of the Egypt Exploration Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
