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List of Illustrations List of Contributors Chronology and king list Introduction Toby Wilkinson Part I: Environments 1 The Nile Valley David Jeffreys 2 The Delta Penelops Wilson 3 The deserts John Darnell 4 The oases A.J. Mills 5 Urban life Nadine Moeller Part II: Institutions 6 The monarchy Aidan Dodson 7 The administration Chris Naunron and Karen Exell 8 The temple priesthood Rosalie David 9 The army Tony Spalinger Part III: Economies 10 Agriculture and animal husbandry Douglas Brewer 11 Craft production and technology Anna Stevens and Mark Eccleston 12 Labour Kathlyn M. Cooney 13 State and private enterprise Edward Bleiberg 14 Land tenure and taxation Sally Katary Part IV: Societies 15 Gender and sexuality T.G. Wilfong 16 Ethnicity and culture Stuart Tyson Smith 17 Local identities Fredrik Hagen 18 Morality and ethics Boyo G. Ockinga 19 Law Schafik Allam Part V: Ideologies 20 Kingship Katja Goebs 21 Creation myths Lucia Gahlin 22 Temple cults Emily Teeter 23 Private religion Lucia Gahlin 24 Afterlife beliefs and burial customs Salima Ikram Part VI: Aesthetics 25 Art Gay Robbins 26 Architecture Kate Spence 27 Literature James Allen Part VII: Interactions 28 Egypt and Nubia Timothy Kendall 29 Egypt and the Levant Manfred Bietak 30 Egypt and Mesopotamia Toby Wilkinson 31 Egypt and the Mediterranean world Louise Steel 32 Egypt and the modern world Andrew Bednarski Bibliography Index