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Series:   Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context

Power and Regions in Ancient States

An Egyptian and Mesoamerican Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2022

Gary M. Feinman  and
Juan Carlos Moreno García
Gary M. Feinman
Affiliation:
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Juan Carlos Moreno García
Affiliation:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris

Summary

The aim of the Element is to provide a comprehensive comparison of the basic organization of power in Mesoamerica and Egypt. How power emerged and was exercised, how it reproduced itself, how social units (from households to cities) became integrated into political formation and how these articulations of power expanded and collapsed over time. The resilience of particular areas (Oaxaca, Middle Egypt), to the point that they preserved a highly distinctive cultural personality when they were included or not within states, may provide a useful guideline about the basics of integration, negotiation and autonomy in the organization of political formations.
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ancient Egyptancient Mesoamericaancient economyancient statesgeography of power
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Series: Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context
Online ISBN: 9781108907361
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 10 March 2022

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