400 full-color photographs, maps, and time charts that guide readers through the chronology and geography of this part of the ancient Near East.Ĥ. This book is the first in ten years to present a comprehensive survey of art and architecture in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey), from 8000 B.C.E. Widely acclaimed for his cross-disciplinary approach, Assmann has produced a tantalizing study of an ancient civilization, even as he has opened new directions in historical investigation.ģ. Drawing on a range of literary, iconographic, and archaeological sources, renowned historian Jan Assmann reconstructs a world of unparalleled complexity, a culture that, long before others, possessed an extraordinary degree of awareness and self-reflection. The Mind of Egypt presents an unprecedented account of the mainsprings of Egyptian civilization-the ideals, values, mentalities, belief systems, and aspirations. History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs. The unsuspected scale of the army’s involvement in these communities offers a new insight into both Roman rule in Egypt and Roman imperialism more generally.Ģ. The soldiers are seen not as an isolated elite living in fear of the local populations, but as relatively well-integrated into local communities. Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt provides a complete reassessment of the impact of the Roman army on local societies, and convincingly challenges the orthodox picture. Richard Alston, Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt.
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