04012oam 2200793 c 450 991047693510332120250802090638.09783839436158383943615X10.14361/9783839436158(CKB)3710000001092019(DE-B1597)473367(OCoLC)979596391(DE-B1597)9783839436158(MiAaPQ)EBC5855175(Au-PeEL)EBL5855175(OCoLC)1121126364(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33119(PPN)204077990(OCoLC)986526378(ScCtBLL)50aa96fe-a8fe-49bf-bd4b-8abf5c6aaad2(Perlego)1796595(transcript Verlag)9783839436158(oapen)doab33119(EXLCZ)99371000000109201920250802d2017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in EgyptHarco Willems, Jan-Michael Dahms1st ed.Bielefeldtranscript Verlag2017Bielefeldtranscript Verlag20171 online resourceMainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften36Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface 7 Modelling the Nile Agricultural Floodplain in Eleventh and Tenth Century B.C. Middle Egypt 15 Harbours and Coastal Military Bases in Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C. 53 Development of the Memphite Floodplain 71 Karnak's Quaysides 97 Medamud and the Nile 145 The Nile in the Fayum 171 Nilometers - or: Can You Measure Wealth? 193 In Search of a Future Companion 215 The Dynamic Nature of the Transition from the Nile Floodplain to the Desert in Central Egypt since the Mid-Holocene 239 The Analysis of Historical Maps as an Avenue to the Interpretation of Pre-Industrial Irrigation Practices in Egypt 255 Landscapes of the Bashmur 345 Authors 369Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists approach the issue from the perspective of natural sciences. The contributions in this volume bridge this gap by analyzing the river both as a natural and as a cultural phenomenon. Adopting an approach of cultural ecology, it addresses issues like ancient land use, administration and taxation, irrigation, and religious concepts.Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften Egyptology; Fluvial Dynamics; Socio-Economic History; Archaeology; Nile; Ancient Egypt; Cultural Ecology; Society; Natural Landscape; Cultural Landscape; Nature; Cultural History; Environmental History; African History; History;African HistoryAncient EgyptArchaeologyCultural EcologyCultural HistoryCultural LandscapeEgyptologyEnvironmental HistoryFloodplainFluvial DynamicsHistoryKarnakLeveeNatural LandscapeNatureNileSocietySocio-Economic HistoryEgyptology; Fluvial Dynamics; Socio-Economic History; Archaeology; Nile; Ancient Egypt; Cultural Ecology; Society; Natural Landscape; Cultural Landscape; Nature; Cultural History; Environmental History; African History; History;940Willems HarcoedtDahms Jan-MichaeledtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910476935103321The Nile2021005UNINA