Order, legitimacy, and wealth in ancient states

Abstract

Part I. Order, Legitimacy, and Wealth in Ancient States: 1. Introduction: ideology, wealth, and the comparative study of 'civilizations' Mary Van Buren and Janet Richards 2. Order, legitimacy, and wealth: setting the terms John Baines and Norman Yoffee Part II. Civilizations in Comparative Perspective: 3. Society and individual in Early Egypt David O'Connor 4. Modified order, responsive legitimacy, redistributed wealth: Egypt, 2260-1650 BC Janet Richards 5. Law courts and the mediation of social conflict in ancient Mesopotamia Norman Yoffee 6. High culture, Mesoamerican civilization, and the classic Maya tradition Rosemary A. Joyce 7. Political fragmentation and ideological continuity in the Andean highlands Mary Van Buren 8. Wealth and socio-economic hierarchies of the Indus Valley civilization Jonathan Mark Kenoyer 9. Classical order, alternative orders, and the uses of nostalgia Susan E. Alcock 10. Order, legitimacy, and wealth in ancient China Bennet Bronson Part III. Conclusions: 11. The politics of high culture: issues of worth and rank Elizabeth M. Brumfiel.

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