Social and Cultural Order of Ancient Egypt - An Ethnographic and Regional Analysis

In The Social and Cultural Order of Ancient Egypt, Steen Bergendorff argues that ancient Egyptian culture can only be understood in relation to its reproductive condition and that ancient Egypt must be seen as part of a larger regional trade network including the Levant and Mesopotamia in the west and Nubia and Africa to the south.

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: A regional perspective on Ancient Egypt

Chapter 2: Gold and social organization

Chapter 3: Ancient Egyptian cosmology

Chapter 4: Ancient Egyptian concept of personhood - Living in two lands

Chapter 5: Ancient practices

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

About the author

By Steen Bergendorff

Summary

In The Social and Cultural Order of Ancient Egypt, Steen Bergendorff argues that ancient Egyptian culture can only be understood in relation to its reproductive condition and that ancient Egypt must be seen as part of a larger regional trade network including the Levant and Mesopotamia in the west and Nubia and Africa to the south.

Product details

• Authors: Steen Bergendorff, Bergendorff Steen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2023
• EAN: 9781793610065
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-006-5
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Egypt, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Archaeology, Social and cultural anthropology, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, BCE to c 500 CE, c 2686 to c 323 BCE (Ancient Egyptian period), HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt