BOUSSAC Marie-Françoise, DHENNIN Sylvain, REDON Bérangère, SOMAGLINO Claire, TALLET Gaelle.
Frontiers and Western Margins of Egypt: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages. BiEtud 181.
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| N° d'inventaire | 26490 |
| Format | 20 x 28 |
| Détails | 384 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724708486 |
Was there, at different periods of Egyptian history, a clearly defined western border from a cultural and political point of view? How were the western limits of Egyptian territory perceived and experienced by the central government and by the local populations?
With this in mind, the proceedings of the international conference in Cairo on 2-3 December 2017 explore the western margins of Egypt along four axes: 1) definition, conception, representation; 2) occupation, control, administration; 3) economy; 4) populations, networks, religion.
They allow us to sketch the portrait of a key region of Egypt from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Once the territorial fixation phase of the Egyptian state was over, the low population density in the western Delta and the absence of any real threat provided little incentive to define and defend a true western boundary. The arrival of new groups of Libyan populations at the gates of Egypt during the Ramesside period represented a turning point. The emergence of the Saite dynasty placed the region in a new dynamic, that of a border with the Greek world and a pioneering frontier, which foreshadowed the development of these territories under the Ptolemies.
During the imperial period, Egypt was included in an empire that extended much further west and whose decision-making center was external, which changed the status of the western margins. Nomadic incursions into the Great Oasis at the end of the period, however, show that the border issue remained an issue. This issue persisted after the Arab conquest, when Egypt was once again integrated into a vast empire.
With this in mind, the proceedings of the international conference in Cairo on 2-3 December 2017 explore the western margins of Egypt along four axes: 1) definition, conception, representation; 2) occupation, control, administration; 3) economy; 4) populations, networks, religion.
They allow us to sketch the portrait of a key region of Egypt from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Once the territorial fixation phase of the Egyptian state was over, the low population density in the western Delta and the absence of any real threat provided little incentive to define and defend a true western boundary. The arrival of new groups of Libyan populations at the gates of Egypt during the Ramesside period represented a turning point. The emergence of the Saite dynasty placed the region in a new dynamic, that of a border with the Greek world and a pioneering frontier, which foreshadowed the development of these territories under the Ptolemies.
During the imperial period, Egypt was included in an empire that extended much further west and whose decision-making center was external, which changed the status of the western margins. Nomadic incursions into the Great Oasis at the end of the period, however, show that the border issue remained an issue. This issue persisted after the Arab conquest, when Egypt was once again integrated into a vast empire.
With this in mind, the proceedings of the international conference in Cairo on 2-3 December 2017 explore the western margins of Egypt along four axes: 1) definition, conception, representation; 2) occupation, control, administration; 3) economy; 4) populations, networks, religion.
They allow us to sketch the portrait of a key region of Egypt from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Once the territorial fixation phase of the Egyptian state was over, the low population density in the western Delta and the absence of any real threat provided little incentive to define and defend a true western boundary. The arrival of new groups of Libyan populations at the gates of Egypt during the Ramesside period represented a turning point. The emergence of the Saite dynasty placed the region in a new dynamic, that of a border with the Greek world and a pioneering frontier, which foreshadowed the development of these territories under the Ptolemies.
During the imperial period, Egypt was included in an empire that extended much further west and whose decision-making center was external, which changed the status of the western margins. Nomadic incursions into the Great Oasis at the end of the period, however, show that the border issue remained an issue. This issue persisted after the Arab conquest, when Egypt was once again integrated into a vast empire.