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World Eras is patterned after the award-winning American Decades series. Covering areas often overlooked by other publications, World Eras provides a multicultural approach that directly reflects changing curriculum standards, with a cross-disciplinary overview of world history and a strong emphasis of daily life and social history.
Each volume in this set contains in-depth coverage of one era and is organized into ten chapters:
World events -- A Chronology Geography The Arts -- Sculpture, Architecture, Painting and Music Communications, Transportation and Exploration Social class Systems and the Economy -- focusing on social-economic hierarchy Politics, Law and the Military Leisure, Recreation and Daily life -- housing, clothing, food, education, etc. Family and Social Trends -- customs, beliefs, roles and responsibilities Religion and Philosophy Science, Technology and HealthEach volume includes an introductory essay that provides context and overview of the era written by a scholar in the field and will contain 150 photographs, line drawings, diagrams, illustrations and sidebars. Each chapter within a volume includes an introductory essay, a timeline, entries on specific topics, events or movements, biographies of prominent individuals, and important publications of the era. A glossary of subject-specific terms appears at the end
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More volumes in the World Eras series, applying a cross-disciplinary approach to the examination of major historical periods and civilizations. Each section--covering broad topics such as the arts, social class and the economy, and religion and philosophy--offers a chronology and overview, a discussion of major issues, a selection of biographies, and an array of documentary sources. RBB.
Table of Contents
About the Series | p. xiii |
Timeline | p. xv |
Introduction | p. xxiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xxvii |
Chapter 1 World Events | |
Chronology | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 Geography | |
Chronology | p. 22 |
Overview | p. 24 |
Topics in Geography | |
Climate | p. 25 |
Knowledge of Geography | p. 26 |
The People | p. 29 |
The Surrounding World | p. 30 |
Topography | p. 32 |
Significant People | |
Nectanebo I | p. 35 |
Neferkare Pepy II | p. 35 |
Sneferu | p. 35 |
Documentary Sources | p. 36 |
Chapter 3 The Arts | |
Chronology | p. 38 |
Overview | p. 41 |
Topics in the Arts | |
Architecture: Private Tombs | p. 42 |
Grid Systems in Visual Art | p. 44 |
Love Poems | p. 47 |
Musical Instruments | p. 47 |
Standing Sculpture: King Menkaure and Queen Kha-merer-nebu II | p. 48 |
Story of Sinuhe | p. 51 |
Stories and Tales | p. 53 |
Temple Plan: New Kingdom | p. 53 |
Tjetji and Autobiography | p. 55 |
Significant People | |
Bek | p. 57 |
Ineni | p. 58 |
Khafre (Chephren) | p. 58 |
Senmut (Senenmut) | p. 59 |
Documentary Sources | p. 59 |
Chapter 4 Communication, Transportation, and Exploration | |
Chronology | p. 64 |
Overview | p. 67 |
Topics in Communication, Transportation, and Exploration | |
Contact: Aegean | p. 70 |
Contact: Mesopotamia | p. 72 |
Contact: Syria-Palestine | p. 74 |
Coptic | p. 75 |
Dialects of Egyptian | p. 76 |
Foreign Languages in Egypt | p. 77 |
Interpreters and Ambassadors | p. 79 |
Literacy | p. 80 |
Pilgrimages | p. 82 |
Punt: Roads and Routes | p. 83 |
Ship Construction | p. 84 |
Theban Desert: Road Survey | p. 86 |
Wheeled Vehicles | p. 87 |
Women in Transportation | p. 88 |
Writing | p. 88 |
Significant People | |
Dhutmose | p. 91 |
Henenu | p. 91 |
Sahure | p. 92 |
Documentary Sources | p. 93 |
Chapter 5 Social Class System and the Economy | |
Chronology | p. 96 |
Overview | p. 99 |
Topics in Social Class System and the Economy | |
Farmers and Peasants | p. 102 |
Prices of Commodities | p. 103 |
Priests | p. 106 |
Punt Expeditions | p. 108 |
Scribes | p. 108 |
Serfs and Slaves | p. 109 |
Sinai Desert Expeditions | p. 111 |
Skilled Workers at Deir el Medina | p. 112 |
Soldiers | p. 114 |
Wages | p. 115 |
Significant People | |
Harkhuf | p. 117 |
Wenamun | p. 117 |
Weni | p. 118 |
Documentary Sources | p. 119 |
Chapter 6 Politics, Law, and the Military | |
Chronology | p. 124 |
Overview | p. 127 |
Topics in Politics, Law, and the Military | |
Battle of Qadesh | p. 130 |
The Bureaucracy | p. 132 |
Crime and Punishment | p. 133 |
Forts | p. 134 |
The Hyksos | p. 137 |
The King | p. 138 |
War | p. 141 |
Women: Role in Government | p. 143 |
Significant People | |
Amenhotep III | p. 145 |
Hatshepsut | p. 146 |
Khufu | p. 147 |
Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II | p. 148 |
Ramesses II | p. 149 |
Ramesses III | p. 150 |
Thutmose III | p. 151 |
Tutankhamun | p. 152 |
Documentary Sources | p. 153 |
Chapter 7 Leisure, Recreation, and Daily Life | |
Chronology | p. 156 |
Overview | p. 158 |
Topics in Leisure, Recreation, and Daily Life | |
Banquets | p. 159 |
Beer and Wine | p. 161 |
Clothing and Jewelry: The Tombs of Kha and Hatnofre | p. 163 |
Cosmetics and Perfumes | p. 165 |
Footwear | p. 166 |
Furniture | p. 167 |
Gardens | p. 169 |
Hairstyles | p. 170 |
Housing and Lighting: The Amarna House and Villa | p. 173 |
Leisure Activities: Nonelite Sports | p. 174 |
Meat Consumption | p. 176 |
Significant People | |
Amenhotep II | p. 179 |
Taharqa | p. 180 |
Documentary Sources | p. 180 |
Chapter 8 The Family and Social Trends | |
Chronology | p. 184 |
Overview | p. 186 |
Topics in the Family and Social Trends | |
Birth | p. 187 |
Children | p. 190 |
Homosexuality | p. 192 |
Kinship | p. 193 |
Marriage: Annuity Contracts | p. 196 |
Marriage: Brother and Sister | p. 198 |
Marriage: Celebrations | p. 199 |
Old Age | p. 199 |
Prostitution | p. 202 |
Scribal Education | p. 204 |
Significant People | |
Nanefer (Rennefer) | p. 207 |
Naunakhte | p. 207 |
Paneb | p. 208 |
Seneb | p. 209 |
Documentary Sources | p. 210 |
Chapter 9 Religion and Philosophy | |
Chronology | p. 212 |
Overview | p. 215 |
Topics in Religion and Philosophy | |
The Afterlife | p. 217 |
Amun | p. 219 |
Animals | p. 221 |
Ethics | p. 223 |
Funerary Beliefs and Practices | p. 227 |
The Gods | p. 230 |
Horus | p. 232 |
Iconography of the Gods | p. 233 |
The King | p. 234 |
Kingship Rituals | p. 236 |
Myths: Creation Stories | p. 239 |
Osiris | p. 243 |
Personal Religion | p. 244 |
Public Chapels and Private Shrines | p. 246 |
Re | p. 247 |
Temple Architecture and Symbolism | p. 249 |
Temple Personnel | p. 253 |
Temple Ritual | p. 255 |
Terminology: Netjer | p. 257 |
Significant People | |
Akhenaten | p. 259 |
Amenhotep, Son of Hapu | p. 260 |
Imhotep | p. 260 |
Documentary Sources | p. 261 |
Chapter 10 Science, Technology, and Health | |
Chronology | p. 266 |
Overview | p. 268 |
Topics in Science, Technology, and Health | |
Astronomy and Time Measurement | p. 269 |
Cartography | p. 272 |
Horoscopes | p. 274 |
Magic | p. 275 |
Mathematics | p. 277 |
Medicine | p. 278 |
Mummification | p. 281 |
Technology and Engineering: Building the Pyramids | p. 283 |
Significant People | |
Pentu | p. 285 |
Peseshe | p. 286 |
Psamtik (Psammetichus) I | p. 286 |
Documentary Sources | p. 287 |
Glossary | p. 289 |
General References | p. 293 |
Contributors | p. 299 |
Index of Photographs | p. 301 |
Index | p. 307 |