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Format: 1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition: First English edition.

ISBN: 80-246-3061-3 , 80-246-2328-5

Note: "From the Czech original Zrození státu, published by Karolinum Press in 2011, translated by Daniel Morgan"--T.p. verso. , ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""ANCIENT EGYPT""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""THE ROOTS AND ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS: THE PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY IN EGYPT (Neolithic Age, ca. 5500â€?4500 BC)""; ""THE CHALCOLITHIC AGE OR BUILDING INEQUALITY: THE BADARI CULTURE (4500â€?3800 BC)""; ""EMBRYONIC SIGNS OF THE STATE: NAQADA I, II AND III (4000 BC)""; ""Economy""; ""The embryos of cities""; ""Social differentiation: the elite and the others""; ""Egyptian society of the pre-state period in burial rituals""; ""LOWER EGYPT: BETWEEN THE PHARAOH AND THE RED SEA""; ""Economy""; ""Settlements""; ""Burials"" , ""Beyond everyday borders: contact with Asia""""CONFRONTING THE ENEMY: NUBIA""; ""THE BURIAL OF THE FAMOUS AND POWERFUL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF UPPER EGYPT: ABYDOS""; ""BURIAL GROUNDS OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM OF UPPER EGYPT: AN ELITE BURIAL SITE IN HIERACONPOLIS""; ""“SIMPLEâ€? EGYPTIANS""; ""THE DAWN OF THE EGYPTIAN WRITING SYSTEM""; ""THE BIRTH OF THE EGYPTIAN STATE""; ""STABILIZATION OF THE EARLY EGYPTIAN STATE""; ""ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARLY EGYPTIAN STATE""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT"" , ""THE DAWN OF A MORE ADVANCED SOCIAL STRUCTURE (the Halaf culture, 6000â€?5000 BC)""""EARLY HISTORIOGRAPHY: SUSA at the Close of the 5th Millenium BC""; ""Mausoleum of Susa ""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: the people and their communities""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: the people and their work""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: deities""; ""Painted pottery of Susa: Why?""; ""SUSA AT THE DAWN OF THE URUK PERIOD: FIRST REPORTS FROM THE CREATION OF THE STATE (early 4th millenium BC)""; ""The sacral face of the age: activating fertility powers"" , ""The secular face of the age: building, protection, tradition""""SUMER, THE SOUTHERN PART OF MESOPOTAMIA: WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING""; ""Activating the potential of fertility powers""; ""Writing! Writing?""; ""The enchantment of cylinder seals""; ""“You will not be like godsâ€?""; ""BEHOLD, CIVILIZATION: THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF THE LATE PERIOD OF URUK CULTURE (3500â€?3200 BC) â€? EN, NIN, NAMESHDA""; ""Economy: redistribution prevails""; ""Spiritual and political leaders: EN, NIN, NAMESHDA""; ""Innovations at the dawn of the 3rd millenium BC: LUGAL, NIN, NAMESHDA"" , ""The wise Owl of Minerva flies at dusk: the crisis of the 27th century BC and what came of it â€? LUGAL, ENSI2, EN""""“THE END OF THE BEGINNINGâ€?: THE SUMERIAN STATE AT THE CLOSE OF THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD (ca. 2500â€?2334 BC) ""; ""The king and his court""; ""The powerful and revered""; ""Careful and resourceful""; ""“He who shackles slavesâ€?â€?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ANCIENT INDIA""; ""THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""PREHISTORIC BEGINNINGS""; ""THE PREPARATORY PERIOD""; ""THE PROTO-INDIAN CULTURE (2500â€?1900 BC)""; ""Economy""; ""City life""; ""Mohenjo-daro""; ""Harappa"" , ""Towns and cities"" , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 80-246-2214-9

Language: English