Papyrus and the Pharaoh’s Treasure: An Ecological Perspective
Many factors have been cited to explain how and why Egypt developed so quickly in ancient times. The Nile water, the annual inundation with its life-nourishing sediment, the warm climate, and a system of natural barriers to invasion all helped. Other hydraulic civilizations had some or all of these...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
[2019]
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2019, Volume: 82, Issue: 4, Pages: 248-255 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Papyrus
/ Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Culture
/ Economy
/ Water
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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| Summary: | Many factors have been cited to explain how and why Egypt developed so quickly in ancient times. The Nile water, the annual inundation with its life-nourishing sediment, the warm climate, and a system of natural barriers to invasion all helped. Other hydraulic civilizations had some or all of these resources, but a unique resource stood out in Egypt. As it happened, that nation was the only one among early hydraulic civilizations in which the giant aquatic sedge papyrus (figs. 1-2) grew and prospered. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/704258 |