The Nile : natural and cultural landscape in Egypt / Harco Willems, Jan-Michael Dahms (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willems, Harco, editor.

Dahms, Jan-Michael, editor.

Series:

Mainzer historische Kulturwissenschaften ; 36.

Mainzer historische Kulturwissenschaften ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nile River Valley--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Nile River Valley.

Egypt--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages) : charts; digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag, 2017.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Modelling the Nile Agricultural Floodplain in Eleventh and Tenth Century B.C. Middle Egypt / Jean-Christophe Antoine

Harbours and Coastal Military Bases in Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C. / Manfred Bietak

Development of the Memphite Floodplain / Judith Bunbury, Ana Tavares, Benjamin Pennington and Pedro Gonçalves

Karnak's Quaysides / Mansour Boraik, Luc Gabolde and Angus Graham

Medamud and the Nile / Félix Relats Montserrat

The Nile in the Fayum / Cornelia Römer

Nilometers - or: Can You Measure Wealth? / Sandra Sandri

In Search of a Future Companion / Joshua Trampier

The Dynamic Nature of the Transition from the Nile Floodplain to the Desert in Central Egypt since the Mid-Holocene / Gert Verstraeten, Ihab Mohamed, Bastiaan Notebaert and Harco Willems

The Analysis of Historical Maps as an Avenue to the Interpretation of Pre-Industrial Irrigation Practices in Egypt / Harco Willems, Hanne Creylman, Véronique De Laet and Gert Verstraeten

Landscapes of the Bashmur / Penelope Wilson

Authors.

Notes:

"On 22 and 23 February 2013, the Forschungsschwerpunkt Historische Kulturwissenschaften at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz organized an international symposium ... The present, peer-reviewed volume offers the proceedings of this symposium."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access