Book
Early dynastic Egypt
Routledge • London • Published In 1999 • Pages:
By: Wilkinson, Toby A. H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wilkinson describes the Early Dynastic period, starting with the Late Predynastic period, to show Egypt's transition to a nation state. Wilkinson seeks ' to explain not only the background to the formation of the Egyptian state, but also the means by which its early rulers controlled the people, the land and its resources.… At all periods, Egypts's governing elite strove to convey the impression that the nation was unified politically and culturally … [I]n reality, local and regional concerns were important … Egypt was never a monolithic state … The current work addresses this interesting question, examining the characterof Early Dynastic Egypt at the provincial level.' (page xi-xii). Wilkinson mostly shows Egypt as it was viewed by the royal court as they were the ones to leave records and as only recently have archaeologists started excavating the remains of the commoner. Discussed are the history of the first three dynasties, their adminstration and foreign relations, mortuary architecture, shrines and gods, and the change in settlement pattern that lead to urbanism.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Writing
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Routes
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- Administrative agencies
- Burial practices and funerals
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Priesthood
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Dynastic Egypt
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Late Predynastic period through third dynasty; 5200 BP - 4575 BP (3200 B.C.-2575 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Toby A.H. Wilkinson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-402) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98035836
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Egypt--Antiquities/Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.