Ancient Egypt and early China : state, society, and culture /
"Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548-1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE-220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers--the Nile and the Yellow River-and established complex...
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press
[2021]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1qgnqks |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The landscapes of the Nile and Yellow River
- Empire and diplomacy
- Akhenaten, Wang Mang, and the limits of reform
- Legal principles and the administration of justice
- Scribal culture in life and death
- Providing a model afterlife / Anthony J. Barbieri Low, Marissa A. Stevens
- Gaming the way to paradise
- Epilogue.