Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative StudyCambridge University Press, 5 maj 2003 This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic systems, religion, and culture. Many of this study's findings are surprising and provocative. Agricultural systems, technologies, and economic behaviour turn out to have been far more diverse than was expected. These findings and many others challenge not only current understandings of early civilizations but also the theoretical foundations of modern archaeology and anthropology. The key to understanding early civilizations lies not in their historical connections but in what they can tell us about similarities and differences in human behaviour. |
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... Egypt and the Inka kingdom 135 7.4 Urban centres in China 138 9. 1 Houses in early civilizations 170 12.1 Inka battle scene 246 12.2 Mesopotamian battle scenes 258 14.1 Mesopotamian irrigation system 291 14.2 Egyptian agricultural basin ...
... Egypt and the Inka kingdom 135 7.4 Urban centres in China 138 9. 1 Houses in early civilizations 170 12.1 Inka battle scene 246 12.2 Mesopotamian battle scenes 258 14.1 Mesopotamian irrigation system 291 14.2 Egyptian agricultural basin ...
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... Egypt in Context (1993). The reactions to that volume were of great help to my later work. Much of Chapter 2 is ... Egyptian. Standardizing the spellings of words in the various other languages spoken in the early civilizations has ...
... Egypt in Context (1993). The reactions to that volume were of great help to my later work. Much of Chapter 2 is ... Egyptian. Standardizing the spellings of words in the various other languages spoken in the early civilizations has ...
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... Egypt, Mesopotamia, northern China, highland Mexico, and Peru. Steward viewed cultures as adaptive systems and believed that they developed along similar lines in similar environments. Yet, unlike many nineteenth- century unilinear ...
... Egypt, Mesopotamia, northern China, highland Mexico, and Peru. Steward viewed cultures as adaptive systems and believed that they developed along similar lines in similar environments. Yet, unlike many nineteenth- century unilinear ...
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... Egypt, are quite exceptional' (Yoffee 1997: 262) appears to flow at least as much from the premises of the volume as from the evidence. Norman Yoffee seems uncertain how many territorial states are examined in this volume, referring to ...
... Egypt, are quite exceptional' (Yoffee 1997: 262) appears to flow at least as much from the premises of the volume as from the evidence. Norman Yoffee seems uncertain how many territorial states are examined in this volume, referring to ...
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... Egypt and Mesopotamia. This study shows how, early in the histories of these two civilizations, the upper classes developed highly distinctive conceptions of what a civilization should be like that they never lost sight of, despite ...
... Egypt and Mesopotamia. This study shows how, early in the histories of these two civilizations, the upper classes developed highly distinctive conceptions of what a civilization should be like that they never lost sight of, despite ...
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Kingship | 71 |
City and Territorial | 92 |
Urbanism | 120 |
Appropriation of Wealth | 375 |
Economic Constants and Variables | 395 |
Cognitive and Symbolic Aspects | 407 |
Conceptions of the Supernatural | 409 |
Cosmology and Cosmogony | 444 |
Cult | 472 |
Priests Festivals and the Politics of the Supernatural | 495 |
The Individual and the Universe | 522 |
Class Systems and Social Mobility | 142 |
Family Organization and Gender Roles | 167 |
Administration | 195 |
Law | 221 |
Military Organization | 240 |
Sociopolitical Constants and Variables | 264 |
Economy | 277 |
Food Production | 279 |
Land Ownership | 315 |
Trade and Craft Specialization | 338 |
Elite Art and Architecture | 541 |
Literacy and Specialized Knowledge | 584 |
Values and Personal Aspirations | 626 |
Cultural Constants and Variables | 638 |
Discussion | 651 |
Culture and Reason | 653 |
Conclusion | 684 |
References | 689 |
Index | 733 |
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