Description: Ancient Egypt and Early ChinaState, Society, and Culture Author(s): Anthony J. Barbieri-Low Format: Hardback Publisher: University of Washington Press, United States Imprint: University of Washington Press ISBN-13: 9780295748894, 978-0295748894 Synopsis 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 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 rulers???the ???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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Book Title: Ancient Egypt and Early China
Item Height: 254 mm
Item Width: 178 mm
Author: Anthony J. Barbieri-Low
Publication Name: Ancient Egypt and Early China: State, Society, and Culture
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Subject: Archaeology, History
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 839 g
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
