Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a CivilizationPsychology Press, 2006 - 437 pages Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Barry J. Kemp's popular text presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, the book also includes two new chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were. Fully illustrated, the book draws on both ancient written materials and decades of excavation evidence, transforming our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, Kemp's work is an indispensable text for all students of Ancient Egypt. |
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... complex swirls of activity that , described at an instant of time , form the profile of that society . When followed over time , changes in the system's configuration are seen to feed back and become in turn influential , to tiny or to ...
... complex non - linear systems . Why is this not done for contemporary society as a whole ? To have an adequate working model , constantly updated , ought to be hugely useful to social scientists , to politicians and to people who sell ...
... complex ways do this ever more effectively . Hence the paradox that progress towards total equi- librium in which all energy has been dispersed involves an increasing use of energy . Life steers itself towards ever more ambitious ...
... complex balance that could be achieved when energies were directed peacefully towards refashioning the state and vio- lently towards the conquest of neighbours . I have wanted to convey the scope that frequently is there for more than ...
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Contents
Who were the ancient Egyptians? | 19 |
The intellectual foundations of the early state | 60 |
The dynamics of culture | 111 |
The provider state | 161 |
The bureaucratic mind | 163 |
Model communities | 193 |
Intimations of our future | 245 |