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Ancient Egypt and Early China
Author | : Anthony J. Barbieri-Low |
Publsiher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2021-07-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780295748900 |
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Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548–1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers—the Nile and the Yellow River—and established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast empires that were controlled through warfare and diplomacy and underwent periods of radical reform led by charismatic rulers—the “heretic king” Akhenaten and the vilified reformer Wang Mang. Universal justice was dispensed through courts, and each empire was administered by bureaucracies staffed by highly trained scribes who held special status. Egypt and China each developed elaborate conceptions of an afterlife world and created games of fate that facilitated access to these realms. This groundbreaking volume offers an innovative comparison of these two civilizations. Through a combination of textual, art historical, and archaeological analyses, Ancient Egypt and Early China reveals shared structural traits of each civilization as well as distinctive features.
Ancient Egypt and Early China
Author | : Anthony J Barbieri-Low |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2021-06-17 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0295748893 |
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Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548-1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE-220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers--the Nile and the Yellow River--and established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast empires that were controlled through warfare and diplomacy and underwent periods of radical reform led by charismatic rulers--the "heretic king" Akhenaten and the vilified reformer Wang Mang. Universal justice was dispensed through courts, and each empire was administered by bureaucracies staffed by highly trained scribes who held special status. Egypt and China each developed elaborate conceptions of an afterlife world and created games of fate that facilitated access to these realms. This groundbreaking volume offers an innovative comparison of these two civilizations. Through a combination of textual, art historical, and archaeological analyses, Ancient Egypt and Early China reveals shared structural traits of each civilization as well as distinctive features.
Early Civilizations
Author | : Bruce G. Trigger |
Publsiher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 977424365X |
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"An important scholarly contribution not only to the study of early civilizations, but also to archaeological theory. . . . It should be required reading for any course on ancient civilization." --Kathryn A. Bard, Journal of Field Archaeology
Ghosts and Religious Life in Early China
Author | : Mu-Chou Poo |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2022-01-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781316514672 |
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What did ghosts look like, what did they do, and what can they tell us about Chinese culture and society?
Writing and the Ancient State
Author | : Haicheng Wang |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 2014-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107028128 |
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Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states.
The Netherworld in Ancient Egypt and China
Author | : Mu-chou Poo |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2023-11-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780567702036 |
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Considering the striking similarities between the treatment of the dead and conceptions of the netherworld in ancient Egypt and China, how can we compare the two traditions? Mu-chou Poo considers this question, and provides a new perspective on archaeological materials, including tomb structures and funerary texts, by addressing them in the context of universal human problems such as death, the future of the dead, and the search for happiness in life. Poo chronologically reconstructs the emergence of the idea of the netherworld and its evolution in both ancient Egypt and ancient China. He explores the relationship between religious beliefs and social ethics in these civilizations, considers why similar social and material conditions could have produced varied expressions of the afterlife, and what such variations reveal about each culture. Poo argues that a comparison between both visions of the netherworld and their relationship to life experience gives further insight into the nature of each civilization. Through this analysis, Poo shows that thematic comparison of ancient civilizations is not only possible, but also relevant to modern society.
Ancient Egyptians and Chinese in America
Author | : Rafique Ali Jairazbhoy |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : UOM:39015003697730 |
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Artisans in Early Imperial China
Author | : Anthony J. Barbieri-Low |
Publsiher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2021-10-07 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780295749884 |
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Early China is best known for the dazzling material artifacts it has left behind. These terracotta figures, gilt-bronze lamps, and other material remnants of the Chinese past unearthed by archaeological excavations are often viewed without regard to the social context of their creation, yet they were made by individuals who contributed greatly to the foundations of early Chinese culture. With Artisans in Early Imperial China, Anthony Barbieri-Low combines historical, epigraphic, and archaeological analysis to refocus our gaze from the glittering objects and monuments of China onto the men and women who made them. Taking readers inside the private workshops, crowded marketplaces, and great palaces, temples, and tombs of early China, Barbieri-Low explores the lives and working conditions of artisans, meticulously documenting their role in early Chinese society and the economy. First published in 2007, winner of top prizes from the Association for Asian Studies, American Historical Association, College Art Association, and the International Convention of Asia Scholars, and now back in print, Artisans in Early Imperial China will appeal to anyone interested in Chinese history, as well as to scholars of comparative social history, labor history, and Asian art history.