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The Birth of the State provides an overview of four of the most significant cultural centers in the ancient world, now in Egypt, the Persian Gulf region, India, and China. Petr Charvát approaches his subjects from a variety of perspectives and offers information on the economy, society, political climate, and religion within each of the empires. Using the most up-to-date research and theories available, Charvát not only delves into each of these nation states individually, but also synthesizes the material to reveal overarching themes in the birth and decline of civilizations.
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INDEX
Abu Salabikh, Mesopotamian site 294
Abydos, Egyptian site 5, 34, 40, 46–48, 50–52, 61, 64
Achaeans 143
ADAB, cuneiform symbol and Sumerian city 122
Adaïma, Egyptian site 20, 36–39
Admonitions of Ipuwer, The, ancient Egyptian text 317
Afghanistan 160, 169, 174, 182, 277
Ai, duke of 333
Ain ash-Shallala see En Besor
air, also see the elements 22, 29, 43, 180, 285
Akhenaten, Egyptian ruler 62
Akkad, Mesopotamian land 8, 216–128, 133, 138, 166, 167, 296, 298, 299, 303
Akkadian, Mesopotamian language 138, 322
Akshak, Sumerian city 122
ALAN, cuneiform symbol 119
Alexander the Great 300, 312
Altyndepe, central Asia site 167
amargi, “free” in Sumerian 132
Amri, Indian culture 161–162, 278
Anu, Mesopotamian deity 78, 93, 112, 115, 119, 122, 311
Anatolia 48, 73, 75–76, 276, 315, 344
Ancestry 296
an-ecumene (see also ecumene) 308
Anti-Taurus mountains 73
Anyang, Chinese site 8, 233–237, 247, 252, 264
Arabia, also the Arabian Peninsula 73, 147–148, 165–166, 178, 188
Arabian Sea 147–148, 178
arms, see also knives 101, 193, 233
Arthasastra, Indian text 327, 328, 335, 341
Aryans 304, 309
Ashurbanipal, Assyrian king 322
asphalt 48, 151, 155
Assyria 129, 303, 308, 322
Aten, Egyptian deity 62
Avan, Mesopotamian land 129
BAD3, cu...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Ancient India
- Ancient China
- How Then Is a State Born?
- Appendix: the State in Trouble
- Bibliography
- Index