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This chapter examines the history of, and the important factors that contributed to, state formation in ancient Egypt during the period from around 3500 BCE to the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty in 30 BCE. It explains that there are four major cycles of centralization and three cycles of crisis in Egyptian history, and that the account of both are often exaggerated. The chapter also discusses the three main trends in the understanding of the Egyptian state and the different models of state of formation.
Keywords: ancient Egypt; state formation; Ptolemaic dynasty; centralization; crisis
Article. 15069 words.
Subjects: Classical Studies ; Egyptology ; Greek and Roman Law ; Classical History
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