Von der schematischen Charakteristik bis zur ausgefeilten Ethnographie: der Blick auf die Fremden durch die Alten Ägypter

This paper traces through time how the Ancient Egyptians conceptualized their neighbors, sometimes with rather global models of few entities, sometimes with genuine interest in ethnographic details. It is analyzed how such texts are linked with their respective political situations. Obviously, perio...

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Main Author: Quack, Joachim Friedrich (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: [2016]
In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft
Year: 2016, Volume: 166, Issue: 2, Pages: 289-316
ISSN:2747-4402
DOI:10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.166.2.0289
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.166.2.0289
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.166.2.0289
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Author Notes:Joachim Friedrich Quack
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Summary:This paper traces through time how the Ancient Egyptians conceptualized their neighbors, sometimes with rather global models of few entities, sometimes with genuine interest in ethnographic details. It is analyzed how such texts are linked with their respective political situations. Obviously, periods of intensified contact go hand in hand with more detailed information about foreign customs. In one case concerning a detailed ethnographic treatise, similarities with Greek compositions (e. g. Herodotus) are to be noted, and dependency of a non-preserved Greek text has to be considered as a serious possibility.
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ISSN:2747-4402
DOI:10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.166.2.0289