Order, Legitimacy, and Wealth in Ancient States

Klappentext Collection on the impact of wealth and high culture on state development in ancient societies. Zusammenfassung This edited collection! first published in 2000! examines the impact of wealth and high culture on the development of states! applying a classic model developed by two leading scholars for studying Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia! to other early societies. Includes chapters on Mesoamerica! the Andes! the Indus Valley! China! and Greece. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Order, Legitimacy, and Wealth in Ancient States: 1. Introduction: ideology, wealth, and the comparative study of 'civilizations' Mary Van Buren and Janet Richards; 2. Order, legitimacy, and wealth: setting the terms John Baines and Norman Yoffee; Part II. Civilizations in Comparative Perspective: 3. Society and individual in Early Egypt David O'Connor; 4. Modified order, responsive legitimacy, redistributed wealth: Egypt, 2260-1650 BC Janet Richards; 5. Law courts and the mediation of social conflict in ancient Mesopotamia Norman Yoffee; 6. High culture, Mesoamerican civilization, and the classic Maya tradition Rosemary A. Joyce; 7. Political fragmentation and ideological continuity in the Andean highlands Mary Van Buren; 8. Wealth and socio-economic hierarchies of the Indus Valley civilization Jonathan Mark Kenoyer; 9. Classical order, alternative orders, and the uses of nostalgia Susan E. Alcock; 10. Order, legitimacy, and wealth in ancient China Bennet Bronson; Part III. Conclusions: 11. The politics of high culture: issues of worth and rank Elizabeth M. Brumfiel.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary van Buren, Janet Richards, Janet (University of Michigan Richards, Janet Buren Richards, Janet E. Richards
• Mitarbeit: Francoise Audouze (Herausgeber), Mary van Buren (Herausgeber), Janet Richards (Herausgeber), Janet E. Richards (Herausgeber), Richards Janet (Herausgeber), Mary Van Buren (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.12.2000
• EAN: 9780521776714
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77671-4
• Seiten: 178
• Serien: New Directions in Archaeology; New Directions in Archaeology
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, Archaeology, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE