Power and Regions in Ancient States

An Egyptian and Mesoamerican Perspective

Gary M. Feinman, Juan Carlos Moreno García (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

92 Seiten

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-81622-9 (ISBN)

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The aim of the Element is to provide a comprehensive comparison of the basic organization of power in Mesoamerica and Egypt. How power emerged and was exercised, how it reproduced itself, how social units (from households to cities) became integrated into political formation and how these articulations of power expanded and collapsed over time. The resilience of particular areas (Oaxaca, Middle Egypt), to the point that they preserved a highly distinctive cultural personality when they were included or not within states, may provide a useful guideline about the basics of integration, negotiation and autonomy in the organization of political formations.

1. Comparing ancient societies: prehispanic Mesoamerica and the Nilotic world; 2. Regional background; 3. The economic basis: Agriculture, sedentary life and productive complexity; 4. The beginnings of complexity: Households, cities and states; 5. Polity and governance: The basis of power and leadership; 6. State power and its local implementation; 7. Monumentality and society; 8. Conclusions; References.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	150 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-108-81622-3 / 1108816223
ISBN-13	978-1-108-81622-9 / 9781108816229
Zustand	Neuware