Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations:  Ancient and Medieval Cultures
Publisher: KomKniga
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Russia, Moscow
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9785484010417
Description: The human history has evidenced various systems of hierarchy and power in different spheres of social life. The relations of hierarchy and power penetrate the whole of social life but naturally they are most visible in the political sphere. The careful study of each particular case of such relations is of great significance. In the meantime it is very important to see both the general features typical for all or most of the hierarchy and power forms, and their variation. Among all the systems of power and submission the ancient and medieval systems are of special interest in certain respects, as they are characterized by tremendous variation, and also because among them one can find especially pure cases of natural evolution of power and hierarchy structures. In this volume the relations of hierarchy and power are studied with respect to representative samples of premodern states and societies. These interesting and revealing cases cover a wide range both in time and space, as well as different types of the relations of hierarchy and power in the history of ancient and medieval civilizations.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: List of Contributors; title: Part I. Ancient States of the Old World; title: 1 The Image of the King in Ancient Egyptian Literature: from Axial Background Functions to Fully-Engaged Object of Action 3; title: Anastasia А. Banschikova; title: 2 The Power of Perceptions: the Ancient Near East as a Case in Point; title: Paul A. Kruger; title: 3 Early State in the Classical World: Statehood and Ancient Democracy; title: Leonid E. Grinin; title: Part II. Medieval Eurasian States: The Cases of Chinggis-Khan Empire and Old Russia; title: 4 The Impact of Prescriptive Marriage System on Medieval; title: Mongol State and Society; title: Valentin C. Golovachev; title: 5 Structure of Power in Nomadic Empires of Inner Asia:; title: Anthropological Approach; title: Nikolay N. Kradin; title: 6 Struggle for Power in the Mongol Ulus at the Turn of the 12th and 13th Centuries; title: Tatiana D. Skrynnikova; title: 7 The Mechanisms of the Old Russian State Genesis; title: Evgeniy A. Shinakov; title: Part III. The New World States: The Maya Case; title: 8 Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico: Development and Decline; title: in the Northern Peten: 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1600; title: William J. Folan, María del Rosario Domínguez Carrasco, Armando Anaya Hernández, Joel D. Gunn; title: 9 King Rule! – Not: Changes in Ancient Maya Power and Ideology in the Cochuah Region; title: Dave Johnstone; title: 10 Contribution of Stone Sculptures to the Understanding; title: of Power in the Puuc Region; title: Julie Patrois; title: 11 Power and Ideology Evidenced in Settlement Pattern Shifts; title: in the Cochuah Region; title: Justine M. Shaw; title: 12 Hierarchical Structure of the Settlement Pattern in the Ejido; title: of Sacalaca, Quintana Roo; title: Tatiana Zelenetskaya Young; title: Afterword