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The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt
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Abstract 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 i... mehr
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.... weniger
Klassifikation
Geschichte
Freie Schlagwörter
Egyptology; Fluvial Dynamics; Socio-Economic History; Archaeology; Nile; Ancient Egypt; Cultural Ecology; Society; Natural Landscape; Cultural Landscape; Nature; Cultural History; Environmental History; African History
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
370 S.
Schriftenreihe
Mainz Historical Cultural Sciences, 36
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839436158
ISBN
978-3-8394-3615-8
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 3.0