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The state in ancient Egypt : power, challenges and dynamics
Moreno García, Juan Carlos <author>
Abstract
This book presents a new analysis of the organization, structure and changes of the pharaonic state through three millennia of its history. Moreno García sheds new light on this topic by bringing to bear recent developments in state theory and archaeology, especially comparative study of the structure of ancient states and empires.
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The role played by pharaonic Egypt in new studies often reiterates old views about the stability, conservatism and 'exceptionalism' of Egyptian kingship, which supposedly remained the same across the Bronze and Iron Ages. Ancient Egypt shared many parallels with other Bronze and Iron Age societies as can be shown by an analysis of the structure of the state, of the limits of royal power, of the authority of local but neglected micro-powers (such as provincial potentates and wealthy non-elite), and of the circulation and control of wealth. Furthermore, Egypt experienced deep changes in its social, economic, political and territorial organization during its history, thus making the land of the pharaohs an ideal arena in which to test applications of models of governments and to define the dynamics that rule societies on the longue durée. When seen through these new perspectives, the pharaonic monarchies appear less exceptional than previously thought, and more dependent on the balance of power, on their capacity to control the kingdom's resources and on the changing geopolitical conditions of their time
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| Description | The *state in ancient Egypt : power, challenges and dynamics / Juan Carlos Moreno García London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Note | Formato pdf/epub Accesso riservato secondo le condizioni contrattuali https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2179167 |
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| ISBN | 9781350075016 | |
| 9781350075009 | ||
| 1350075019 | ||
| 1350075000 | ||
| 9781350074996 | ||
| 9781350074989 | ||
| Series | Debates in Archaeology Ser | |
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| Publication year | 2020 | |
| Contents note | Foreword -- State theory, archaeology and the pharaonic states -- Integrating spaces -- Managing resources -- Co-opting leaders -- Hidden forces? : invisible actors and their impact on the state -- Building up authority -- Building statehood through culture -- Socio-political change and the state -- The pharaonic state(s) in comparative perspective |