Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous civilizations from disparate lands. Ancient Egypt as perceived today was constantly changing-and changing the cultures around it. This work explores the diverse methods of interaction between Egypt and its neighbors during the pharaonic period.
Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous civilizations from disparate lands. Ancient Egypt as perceived today was constantly changing-and changing the cultures around it. This work explores the diverse methods of interaction between Egypt and its neighbors during the pharaonic period.
Pearce Paul Creasman is Associate Professor & Curator at the University of Arizona, author or co-author of fifty articles, and editor of Archaeological Research in the Valley of the Kings and Ancient Thebes. Richard H. Wilkinson is Regents' Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, author or editor of eleven books, including The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings.
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* List of Contributors * Acknowledgments * List of Figures and Plates * Introduction * Pearce Paul Creasman and Richard H. Wilkinson * SECTION I: Pathways * Chapter 1 Finding the Beyond: Exploration * Thomas Schneider * Chapter 2 Paths in the Deep: Maritime Connections * Pearce Paul Creasman and Noreen Doyle * Chapter 3 Pathways to Distant Kingdoms: Land Connections * Gregory Mumford * SECTION II: People * Chapter 4 Children of Other Gods: Social Interactions * Bettina Bader * Chapter 5 Between Brothers: Diplomatic Interactions * Richard H. Wilkinson and Noreen Doyle * Chapter 6 The Armies of Re * Anthony Spalinger * SECTION III: Objects * Chapter 7 The Long Arm of Merchantry: Trade Interactions * Samuel Mark * Chapter 8 Artisans and Their Products: Interaction in Art and Architecture * Stuart Tyson Smith * Chapter 9 Traded, Copied, and Kept: The Ubiquitous Appeal of Scarabs * Vanessa Boschloos * SECTION IV: Ideas * Chapter 10 Technology in Transit: The Borrowing of Ideas in Science and Craftwork * Ian Shaw * Chapter 11 The Flow of Words: Interaction in Writing and Literature during the Bronze Age * Part I: Writing Systems: Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs in the Bronze Age: Script Contact and the Creation of New Scripts * Orly Goldwasser * Part II: Literature: Egyptian and Levantine Belles-Lettres-Links and Influences during the Bronze Age * Noga Ayali-Darshan * Chapter 12 All Gods Are Our Gods: Religious Interaction * Part I: "From Bes to Baal": Religious Interconnections between Egypt and the East * Izak Cornelius * Part II: Egypt and Nubia * Kathryn Howley * Part III: Religious Interaction between Egypt and the Aegean in the 2nd Millennium BCE * Nanno Marinatos * SECTION V: Events * Chapter 13 Violence in Earth, Water and Sky: Geological Hazards * James A. Harrell * Chapter 14 The Fickle Nile: Effects of Droughts and Floods * Judith Bunbury * Chapter 15 Illness from Afar: Epidemics and Their Aftermath * Rosalie David * References and Further Reading * Index
* List of Contributors * Acknowledgments * List of Figures and Plates * Introduction * Pearce Paul Creasman and Richard H. Wilkinson * SECTION I: Pathways * Chapter 1 Finding the Beyond: Exploration * Thomas Schneider * Chapter 2 Paths in the Deep: Maritime Connections * Pearce Paul Creasman and Noreen Doyle * Chapter 3 Pathways to Distant Kingdoms: Land Connections * Gregory Mumford * SECTION II: People * Chapter 4 Children of Other Gods: Social Interactions * Bettina Bader * Chapter 5 Between Brothers: Diplomatic Interactions * Richard H. Wilkinson and Noreen Doyle * Chapter 6 The Armies of Re * Anthony Spalinger * SECTION III: Objects * Chapter 7 The Long Arm of Merchantry: Trade Interactions * Samuel Mark * Chapter 8 Artisans and Their Products: Interaction in Art and Architecture * Stuart Tyson Smith * Chapter 9 Traded, Copied, and Kept: The Ubiquitous Appeal of Scarabs * Vanessa Boschloos * SECTION IV: Ideas * Chapter 10 Technology in Transit: The Borrowing of Ideas in Science and Craftwork * Ian Shaw * Chapter 11 The Flow of Words: Interaction in Writing and Literature during the Bronze Age * Part I: Writing Systems: Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs in the Bronze Age: Script Contact and the Creation of New Scripts * Orly Goldwasser * Part II: Literature: Egyptian and Levantine Belles-Lettres-Links and Influences during the Bronze Age * Noga Ayali-Darshan * Chapter 12 All Gods Are Our Gods: Religious Interaction * Part I: "From Bes to Baal": Religious Interconnections between Egypt and the East * Izak Cornelius * Part II: Egypt and Nubia * Kathryn Howley * Part III: Religious Interaction between Egypt and the Aegean in the 2nd Millennium BCE * Nanno Marinatos * SECTION V: Events * Chapter 13 Violence in Earth, Water and Sky: Geological Hazards * James A. Harrell * Chapter 14 The Fickle Nile: Effects of Droughts and Floods * Judith Bunbury * Chapter 15 Illness from Afar: Epidemics and Their Aftermath * Rosalie David * References and Further Reading * Index
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