Ancient Egypt : state and society

Alan Lloyd attempts to define, analyse, and evaluate the institutional and ideological systems which empowered and sustained one of the most successful civilisations of the ancient world for a period in excess of three and a half millennia. The book adopts the premise that all societies are the prod...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Lloyd, Alan B.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
Alan Lloyd attempts to define, analyse, and evaluate the institutional and ideological systems which empowered and sustained one of the most successful civilisations of the ancient world for a period in excess of three and a half millennia. The book 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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxiv, 363 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-180432-0
Schlagworte:
To 332 B.C.
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