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Author Roy, Jane

Title The politics of trade : Egypt and lower Nubia in the 4th millennium BC / by Jane Roy
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 369 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 47
Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 47.
Contents List of Figures; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Nubia and Egypt; 2. Egypt in Nubia; 3. Nubia in Egypt; 4. Inscriptional, Pictorial and Glyptic Evidence; 5. Commodities Exchanged; 6. The Nature of the Beast; Abbreviations; References; Index; Plates
Summary And Results of the Second Archaeological SurveyThe University of Chicago, Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition; The 'Royal' Cemetery L at Qustul; Cemeteries W, V, S, Q, T Qustul; Summary and Results of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago; The Scandinavian Joint Expedition to Sudanese Nubia; Summary and Results of the Scandinavian Joint Expedition; The Egyptian Material; Pottery-W-ware and D-ware; Siltstone ('slate') Palettes; Stone Vessels; Copper Objects; Maceheads; Amulets; Cylinder Seals; 3. Nubia in Egypt; What the Nubians Left Behind; Elephantine
By re-examining the archaeological evidence from salvage campaigns in Egypt and Sudan using anthropological and economic theories, this book offers a fresh view of exchange patterns between Egypt and Lower Nubia in the 4th millennium BC and how these relationships changed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-350) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Exchange -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
Exchange -- Nubia -- History -- To 1500
Material culture -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
Material culture -- Nubia -- History -- To 1500
Salvage archaeology -- Egypt
Salvage archaeology -- Nubia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
Antiquities
Commerce
Exchange
Material culture
Salvage archaeology
SUBJECT Egypt -- Commerce -- History
Nubia -- Commerce -- History
Egypt -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263
Nubia -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092935
Subject Africa -- Nubia
Egypt
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010045703
ISBN 9789004196117
9004196110
1283120755
9781283120753
9786613120755
6613120758