- Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 363 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
- Summary
- "In this book the author 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, the book focuses on the main aspects of Egyptian culture which gave the society its particular character."--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Ancient Egypt (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Ancient Egypt (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-349) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The Historical Context -- Genesis of a Society -- Kingship -- Violence and the State -- Government of the Kingdom -- The Dialogue with Environment -- The Conceptualized Environment -- Affirmation of a Concept -- Dialogue and Transition.
- ISBN
- 9780199286188 (Hbk)
- 0199286183 (Hbk)
- 9780199286195 (Pbk)
- 0199286191
- LCCN
- 2013957451
- OCLC
- ssj0001460359
- Author
Lloyd, Alan B.
- Title
Ancient Egypt [electronic resource] : state and society / Alan B. Lloyd.
- Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-349) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
To 332 B.C.