The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt / Harco Willems, Jan-Michael Dahms
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| Titolo: |
The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt / Harco Willems, Jan-Michael Dahms
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| Pubblicazione: | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2017 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 940 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 |
| Soggetto non controllato: | African History |
| Ancient Egypt | |
| Archaeology | |
| Cultural Ecology | |
| Cultural History | |
| Cultural Landscape | |
| Egyptology | |
| Environmental History | |
| Floodplain | |
| Fluvial Dynamics | |
| History | |
| Karnak | |
| Levee | |
| Natural Landscape | |
| Nature | |
| Nile | |
| Society | |
| Socio-Economic History | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | WillemsHarco |
| DahmsJan-Michael | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter 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 369 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Although 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Nile |
| ISBN: | 9783839436158 |
| 383943615X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910476935103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften