Warwick L Nixon Wrote:
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> what a facinating read. One's first reaction is
> to think of the Chinese and beyond it the more
> extreme Japanese Pre Colonial Outlook . The
> second is to appreciate that the AEs world view
> has completely different denominators.
>
> This is gonna take a few reads and a lot of
> referencing, But then I'll have more than a few
> questions.

Interesting observation about the Chinese, for you are not the only one who's made a similar connection. On point, see Dr. Mu-Chou Poo's works on this topic:

Poo, M.-C. 1998. Encountering the Strangers: A Comparative Study of Cultural Consciousness in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China. In C. J. Eyre, Ed., Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists. Cambridge, 3-9 September 1995: 885-892. Orientalia Louvaniensia Analecta 82. Leuven: Peeters.

Dr. Mu-Chou Poo has expanded his original thoughts on the subject into a larger work, entitled

Poo, M.-C. 2005. Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes Towards Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. R. T. Ames. Albany: State University of New York. (Available through Amazon)

Much as been made of the ancient Egyptians' xenophobia in a variety of articles, but I think these publications seem very good studies.

HTH.

Katherine Griffis-Greenberg

Doctoral Candidate
Oriental Institute
Doctoral Programme in Oriental Studies [Egyptology]
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom





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