Anthony J. Barbieri-Low

Ancient Egypt and Early China (eBook, ePUB)

State, Society, and Culture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first comparative study of these two early empires

Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 15481086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone riversthe Nile and the Yellow Riverand established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast empires that were controlled through warfare and diplomacy and underwent periods of radical reform led by charismatic rulersthe heretic king Akhenaten and the vilified reformer Wang Mang. Universal justice was dispensed through courts, and each empire was administered by bureaucracies staffed by highly trained scribes who held special status. Egypt and China each developed elaborate conceptions of an afterlife world and created games of fate that facilitated access to these realms.

This groundbreaking volume offers an innovative comparison of these two civilizations. Through a combination of textual, art historical, and archaeological analyses, Ancient Egypt and Early China reveals shared structural traits of each civilization as well as distinctive features.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295748900
• Artikelnr.: 68440746

Autorenporträt

Anthony J. Barbieri-Low

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chronology of China
Chronology of Egypt
Introduction
1. The Landscapes of the Nile and Yellow River
2. Empire and Diplomacy
3. Akhenaten, Wang Mang, and the Limits of Reform
4. Legal Principles and the Administration of Justice
5. Scribal Culture in Life and Death
6. Providing a Model Afterlife (coauthored with Marissa A. Stevens)
7. Gaming the Way to Paradise
Epilogue
Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms
Glossary of Egyptian Names and Terms
Notes
Works Cited
Index