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Kingship and the Gods
Henri Frankfort
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Description for Kingship and the Gods
paperback. Series: Oriental Institute Publications. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FB; HRAB1; HRAX; HRKP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
This classic study clearly establishes a fundamental difference in viewpoint between the peoples of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. By examining the forms of kingship which evolved in the two countries, Frankfort discovered that beneath resemblances fostered by similar cultural growth and geographical location lay differences based partly upon the natural conditions under which each society developed. The river flood which annually renewed life in the Nile Valley gave Egyptians a cheerful confidence in the permanence of established things and faith in life after death. Their Mesopotamian contemporaries, however, viewed anxiously the harsh, hostile workings of nature.
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This classic study clearly establishes a fundamental difference in viewpoint between the peoples of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. By examining the forms of kingship which evolved in the two countries, Frankfort discovered that beneath resemblances fostered by similar cultural growth and geographical location lay differences based partly upon the natural conditions under which each society developed. The river flood which annually renewed life in the Nile Valley gave Egyptians a cheerful confidence in the permanence of established things and faith in life after death. Their Mesopotamian contemporaries, however, viewed anxiously the harsh, hostile workings of nature.
Frank's superb ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Series
Oriental Institute Publications
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226260112
SKU
V9780226260112
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