Douglas J. Brewer (Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois), Emily Teeter (University of Chicago)

Egypt and the Egyptians

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Surveying more than three thousand years of Egyptian civilization, Egypt and the Egyptians offers a comprehensive introduction to this most rich and complex of early societies. This second edition is fully revised and updated, including new material on the role of women and Egypt's transition to an agricultural society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9780521616898
• ISBN-10: 0521616891
• Artikelnr.: 20807247

Autorenporträt

Douglas J. Brewer

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. An Egyptian revival; 2. The river, valley and desert; 3. A chronology and history of Egypt; 4. Cities, towns and villages; 5. The government and the governed; 6. Religion and religious practices; 7. Society and its expectations; 8. Language and writing; 9. Homes for the people, the pharaoh, and the gods; 10. The quest for eternity; 11. Egyptian art: craftsmen, techniques and conventions; 12. Cultural death or transformations of a civilization?