| | TABLE OF CONTENTS: | List of Illustrations | | | Preface | | | A Note on References and Abbreviations | | | Introduction | 3 | | 1 | The Environment | 15 | | 2 | The Cities | 45 | | 3 | Country Villages | 110 | | 4 | City and Country | 148 | | 5 | People and Families | 181 | | 6 | Power and Dependence | 208 | | 7 | Languages, Literacy, and Ethnicity | 230 | | 8 | This World and the Next | 261 | | 9 | A Mediterranean Society | 310 | | Appendix 1: Time | 327 | | Appendix 2: Money and Measures | 330 | | Appendix 3: The Nomes | 333 | | Appendix 4: Glossary of Technical Terms | 336 | | Bibliography | 339 | | Index 1: General Index | 361 | | Index 2: Index of Texts Discussed | 369 | Return to Book Description File created: 11/5/2009 |