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245 1. $a Ancient Egypt and early China $d Texte imprimé $e state, society, and culture $f Anthony J. Barbieri-Low
260 .1 $a Seattle (Wash.) $c University of Washington Press $i 2021
280 .. $a 1 vol. (XIV-316 p.-[16] p.de pl.) $c ill. $d 27 cm
300 .. $a Bibliogr. p. 249-299. Index
330 .. $a "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"
607 .. $3 11986449 $a Égypte $z +*-1550......--1069......+:ca. 1550-ca. 1069 av. J.-C.: $g Nouvel Empire
829 1. $a Introduction ; The landscapes of the Nile and Yellow River ; Empire and diplomacy
; Akhenaten, Wang Mang, and the limits of reform ; Legal principles and the administration
of justice ; Scribal culture in life and death ; Providing a model afterlife / Anthony
J. Barbieri Low, Marissa A. Stevens ; Gaming the way to paradise ; Epilogue.
