{"product_id":"state-in-ancient-egypt-the-power-challenges-and-dynamics-debates-in-archaeology-9781350074989","title":"State in Ancient Egypt  The: Power  Challenges and Dynamics (Debates in Archaeology)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a new analysis of the organization  structure and changes of the pharaonic state through three millennia of its history. Moreno Garca sheds new light on this topic by bringing to bear recent developments in state theory and archaeology  especially comparative study of the structure of ancient states and empires. The role played by pharaonic Egypt in new studies often reiterates old views about the stability  conservatism and exceptionalism of Egyptian kingship  which supposedly remained the same across the Bronze and Iron Ages. Ancient Egypt shared many parallels with other Bronze and Iron Age societies as can be shown by an analysis of the structure of the state  of the limits of royal power  of the authority of local but neglected micro-powers (such as provincial potentates and wealthy non-elite)  and of the circulation and control of wealth. Furthermore  Egypt experienced deep changes in its social  economic  political and territorial organization during its history  thus making the land of the pharaohs an ideal arena in which to test applications of models of governments and to define the dynamics that rule societies on the longue dure. When seen through these new perspectives  the pharaonic monarchies appear less exceptional than previously thought  and more dependent on the balance of power  on their capacity to control the kingdoms resources and on the changing geopolitical conditions of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665859665973,"sku":"ByrdShop_1350074985","price":85.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781350074989.jpg?v=1782410786","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/state-in-ancient-egypt-the-power-challenges-and-dynamics-debates-in-archaeology-9781350074989","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}