05157nam 2200709 450 991078926290332120221212143107.080-246-3061-380-246-2328-5(CKB)3710000000095652(EBL)3319648(SSID)ssj0001325676(PQKBManifestationID)11859841(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001325676(PQKBWorkID)11516768(PQKB)10358869(MiAaPQ)EBC1996723(Au-PeEL)EBL1996723(CaPaEBR)ebr10852879(OCoLC)875999523(EXLCZ)99371000000009565220140410h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe birth of the state ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China /Petr Charvát ; reviewed by Jan Bouzek, Jaroslav Malina ; edited by Martin Janeček ; graphic design by Zdeněk Ziegler ; illustrations by Dagmar Hamsíková and Kateřina řezáčováFirst English edition.[Prague, Czech Republic] :Karolinum,2013.©20131 online resource (357 p.)"From the Czech original Zrození státu, published by Karolinum Press in 2011, translated by Daniel Morgan"--T.p. verso.80-246-2214-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""ANCIENT EGYPT""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE ROOTS AND ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS: THE PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY IN EGYPT (Neolithic Age, ca. 5500â€?4500 BC)""; ""THE CHALCOLITHIC AGE OR BUILDING INEQUALITY: THE BADARI CULTURE (4500â€?3800 BC)""; ""EMBRYONIC SIGNS OF THE STATE: NAQADA I, II AND III (4000 BC)""; ""Economy""; ""The embryos of cities""; ""Social differentiation: the elite and the others""; ""Egyptian society of the pre-state period in burial rituals""; ""LOWER EGYPT: BETWEEN THE PHARAOH AND THE RED SEA""; ""Economy""; ""Settlements""; ""Burials""""Beyond everyday borders: contact with Asia""""CONFRONTING THE ENEMY: NUBIA""; ""THE BURIAL OF THE FAMOUS AND POWERFUL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF UPPER EGYPT: ABYDOS""; ""BURIAL GROUNDS OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM OF UPPER EGYPT: AN ELITE BURIAL SITE IN HIERACONPOLIS""; ""â€œSIMPLEâ€? EGYPTIANS""; ""THE DAWN OF THE EGYPTIAN WRITING SYSTEM""; ""THE BIRTH OF THE EGYPTIAN STATE""; ""STABILIZATION OF THE EARLY EGYPTIAN STATE""; ""ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARLY EGYPTIAN STATE""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT""""THE DAWN OF A MORE ADVANCED SOCIAL STRUCTURE (the Halaf culture, 6000â€?5000 BC)""""EARLY HISTORIOGRAPHY: SUSA at the Close of the 5th Millenium BC""; ""Mausoleum of Susa ""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: the people and their communities""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: the people and their work""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: deities""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: Why?""; ""SUSA AT THE DAWN OF THE URUK PERIOD: FIRST REPORTS FROM THE CREATION OF THE STATE (early 4th millenium BC)""; ""The sacral face of the age: activating fertility powers""""The secular face of the age: building, protection, tradition""""SUMER, THE SOUTHERN PART OF MESOPOTAMIA: WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING""; ""Activating the potential of fertility powers""; ""Writing! Writing?""; ""The enchantment of cylinder seals""; ""â€œYou will not be like godsâ€?""; ""BEHOLD, CIVILIZATION: THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF THE LATE PERIOD OF URUK CULTURE (3500â€?3200 BC) â€? EN, NIN, NAMESHDA""; ""Economy: redistribution prevails""; ""Spiritual and political leaders: EN, NIN, NAMESHDA""; ""Innovations at the dawn of the 3rd millenium BC: LUGAL, NIN, NAMESHDA""""The wise Owl of Minerva flies at dusk: the crisis of the 27th century BC and what came of it â€? LUGAL, ENSI2, EN""""â€œTHE END OF THE BEGINNINGâ€?: THE SUMERIAN STATE AT THE CLOSE OF THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD (ca. 2500â€?2334 BC) ""; ""The king and his court""; ""The powerful and revered""; ""Careful and resourceful""; ""â€œHe who shackles slavesâ€?â€?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ANCIENT INDIA""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""PREHISTORIC BEGINNINGS""; ""THE PREPARATORY PERIOD""; ""THE PROTO-INDIAN CULTURE (2500â€?1900 BC)""; ""Economy""; ""City life""; ""Mohenjo-daro""; ""Harappa""""Towns and cities""State, TheOriginCivilization, AncientCities and towns, AncientState, TheOrigin.Civilization, Ancient.Cities and towns, Ancient.320.1Charvát Petr778498Bouzek JanMalina JaroslavJaneček MartinZiegler ZdeněkHamsíková Dagmarřezáčová KateřinaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789262903321The birth of the state3804394UNINA