LEADER 05157nam 2200709 450 001 9910789262903321 005 20221212143107.0 010 $a80-246-3061-3 010 $a80-246-2328-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000095652 035 $a(EBL)3319648 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001325676 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11859841 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001325676 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11516768 035 $a(PQKB)10358869 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1996723 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1996723 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10852879 035 $a(OCoLC)875999523 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000095652 100 $a20140410h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe birth of the state $eancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China /$fPetr Charva?t ; reviewed by Jan Bouzek, Jaroslav Malina ; edited by Martin Janec?ek ; graphic design by Zdene?k Ziegler ; illustrations by Dagmar Hamsi?kova? and Kater?ina r?eza?c?ová 205 $aFirst English edition. 210 1$a[Prague, Czech Republic] :$cKarolinum,$d2013. 210 4$d©2013 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 300 $a"From the Czech original Zrozeni? sta?tu, published by Karolinum Press in 2011, translated by Daniel Morgan"--T.p. verso. 311 $a80-246-2214-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""ANCIENT EGYPT""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE ROOTS AND ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS: THE PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY IN EGYPT (Neolithic Age, ca. 5500a???4500 BC)""; ""THE CHALCOLITHIC AGE OR BUILDING INEQUALITY: THE BADARI CULTURE (4500a???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"" 327 $a""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""; ""a???SIMPLEa??? 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"" 327 $a""THE DAWN OF A MORE ADVANCED SOCIAL STRUCTURE (the Halaf culture, 6000a???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"" 327 $a""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""; ""a???You will not be like godsa???""; ""BEHOLD, CIVILIZATION: THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF THE LATE PERIOD OF URUK CULTURE (3500a???3200 BC) a??? 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"" 327 $a""The wise Owl of Minerva flies at dusk: the crisis of the 27th century BC and what came of it a??? LUGAL, ENSI2, EN""""a???THE END OF THE BEGINNINGa???: THE SUMERIAN STATE AT THE CLOSE OF THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD (ca. 2500a???2334 BC) ""; ""The king and his court""; ""The powerful and revered""; ""Careful and resourceful""; ""a???He who shackles slavesa???a???""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ANCIENT INDIA""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""PREHISTORIC BEGINNINGS""; ""THE PREPARATORY PERIOD""; ""THE PROTO-INDIAN CULTURE (2500a???1900 BC)""; ""Economy""; ""City life""; ""Mohenjo-daro""; ""Harappa"" 327 $a""Towns and cities"" 606 $aState, The$xOrigin 606 $aCivilization, Ancient 606 $aCities and towns, Ancient 615 0$aState, The$xOrigin. 615 0$aCivilization, Ancient. 615 0$aCities and towns, Ancient. 676 $a320.1 700 $aCharva?t$b Petr$0778498 702 $aBouzek$b Jan 702 $aMalina$b Jaroslav 702 $aJanec?ek$b Martin 702 $aZiegler$b Zdene?k 702 $aHamsi?kova?$b Dagmar 702 $ar?eza?c?ova?$b Kater?ina 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789262903321 996 $aThe birth of the state$93804394 997 $aUNINA