Understanding Power in Ancient Egypt and the Near East, Volume 1

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-53467-4
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 140, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

This volume offers new theoretical approaches to the study of concepts and manifestations of power in the ancient world. Bringing together scholars from Egyptology and ancient Near Eastern studies, this volume aims to synchronize our understanding of the complex mechanics of Power across our fields. Broad in theoretical, geographical, and temporal scope, it presents theoretical models in an approachable manner, showcasing ways in which they can be employed by all scholars of the ancient world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Thompson, Shane M.

Tomkins, Jessica

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Approaches to Power in the Ancient World

Shane M. Thompson and Jessica Tomkins

1 Power, Authority, and Legitimacy: ‘Defining’ the Triangle of Effective Statehood in Pharaonic Egypt

John Rogers

2 I Have the Power: Reflections on the Role of Individual Capability and Modalities of Power in the Archaeology of Greater Mesopotamia

JasonR. Kennedy

3 Theorizing Power in Ancient Egypt

Jessica Tomkins

4 Gendered Power in Ancient Egypt: How a Female Wielded Power in a Patriarchal System

KathlynM. Cooney

5 Feel like a King: Theorizing the Emotions of Ancient Power

Tara Prakash

6 The Power of Apocalypse: The Social Dynamics of Judgment in the Parables of Enoch and the Animal Apocalypse

Joshua Scott

7 Queenship, Power, and Mortuary Agency in Ancient Kush

Kate Rose

8 From the Monumental to the Mundane: A Material Engagement Approach to Power in the Ancient Near East

Timothy Hogue

9 Power in Ancient Egypt: Beyond the Absolutist Pharaoh

JuanCarlos MorenoGarcía

10 The Breakdown of Power Structures in the Geographical and Social Shatter Zones of the Ancient Near East

ShaneM. Thompson

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Shane M. Thompson (Ph.D., Brown University) is Assistant Professor of Bible and the Ancient Near East in the Religious Studies Program at North Carolina Wesleyan University. His current research primarily focuses on leisure activities and power relationships in the ancient Near East. He is the author of Displays of Cultural Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in the Late Bronze and Iron Age Levant: The Public Presence of Foreign Powers and Local Resistance (Routledge, 2023).

Jessica Tomkins (Ph.D. Egyptology, Brown University) is Assistant Professor of History at Wofford College. Her current research focuses on decentralized and non-Eurocentric models of kingship, and provincial government in the Egyptian Old Kingdom.