ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Maat, Pyramid Texts, Ramesses Ii
23 Aug 2018
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The nile: unlike mesopotamia, many natural resources near nile river. Boat transportation: drifted n (downstream) w/ current; sailed s (upstream against current) using northerly winds. Present knowledge of egyptian culture reflects history of its archaeological analysis: highly restricted geography communities built on top of each other on flood plain, materials recycled for rebuilding, mixing of previous occupations. Early communities buried under silt or below present water table. Towns/cities had specialized functions (perhaps combined several roles) Administrative centers, cult centers, craft production centers, military bases. Closely tied to agriculture: competition for agricultural/other assets led to conflict. Result: socio-economic inequality (exact timing/pathway unclear: has contact w/ mesopotamia, dynastic egypt. Based on control of limited geographic areas + elite figures using combo of secular + sacred authority: diff elite figures rivaled for power, hierakonpolis ( city of the hawk ) Being best known for burials typical of pre-dynastic + very early dynastic sites.
