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Ancient Egypt:

A Social History
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B. G. Trigger
2 Reviews
Cambridge University Press, Sep 22, 1983 - History - 450 pages
The rich and extensive floodplain of the River Nile can claim to be the cradle of one of the earliest and most spectacular civilizations of antiquity. Ancient Egypt: a social history presents a fresh and innovative perspective on the ancient societies which flourished in the Nile Valley from the Predynastic period to the conquest by Alexander the Great. From the introduction of a subsistence economy through the establishment of the first agricultural communities to the development of urban centres and the political state, this volume traces the process of political, social and economic change. The emphasis on the social and economic aspects of Egyptian society and the integration of archaeological and historical data mark a new departure in Egyptian studies.
  

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Selected pages

Contents

The rise of Egyptian civilization
1
Predynastic Egypt
13
Early Dynastic Egypt
44
Conclusions
68
chronology of the Early Dynastic Period
69
Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period c 26861552 BC
71
The royal family
76
The central administration
80
The Egyptian worldview
188
Internal history
202
The New Kingdom
203
The Third Intermediate Period
232
The onset of the Later Period
249
Egypts relations with Africa
252
Relations with Kush and the eastern desert
255
Egypt and Punt
270

Pious foundations
85
The Memphite court cemeteries
86
Provincial Egypt
96
The First Intermediate Period
112
The African hinterland
116
Egypt and the Mediterranean world
137
The Second Intermediate Period in Egypt
149
The Second Intermediate Period in Nubia
160
The Theban defeat of the Hyksos and of Kush
173
Explanations of historical change in the Old and Middle Kingdoms
174
New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period 1552664 BC
183
Egypt and Libya
271
The Late Period 664323 BC
279
Organization
288
Economic structure
318
Government
331
Foreign policy
337
Conclusions
346
Bibliographical Essays
349
Bibliography
365
Index
429
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About the author (1983)

Bruce G. Trigger is James McGill Professor in the Department of Anthropology at McGill University. He received his PhD from Yale University and has carried out archaeological research in Egypt and the Sudan. His interests include the comparative study of early civilizations, the history of archaeology, and archaeological and anthropological theory. He has received various scholarly awards, including the prestigious Prix L on G rin from the Quebec government, for his sustained contributions to the social sciences. He is an honorary fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and an honorary member of the Prehistoric Society (UK). His numerous books include the first edition of A History of Archaeological Thought (Cambridge 1989), The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume 1 (Cambridge 1996), co-edited with Wilcomb E. Washburn, and Understanding Early Civilizations (Cambridge 2003).

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TitleAncient Egypt: A Social History
EditorB. G. Trigger
Photographs byB. G. Trigger
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCambridge University Press, 1983
ISBN0521284279, 9780521284271
Length450 pages
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History / Africa / General
History / Ancient / Egypt
History / Ancient / General
Social Science / Archaeology
  
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