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Wine and wine offering in the religion of ancient Egypt
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ISBN: 071030501X Year: 1995 Volume: *11 Publisher: New York ; London Kegan Paul International

In search of personal welfare : a view of ancient Chinese religion
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ISBN: 0791436292 0791436306 Year: 1998 Volume: *3 Publisher: Albany State University of New York Press

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Enemies of civilization : attitudes toward foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China
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ISBN: 0791483703 1423748034 9781423748038 079146363X 9780791463635 0791463648 9780791463642 9780791483701 Year: 2005 Publisher: Albany State University of New York Press

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Enemies of Civilization is a work of comparative history and cultural consciousness that discusses how "others" were perceived in three ancient civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. Each civilization was the dominant culture in its part of the world, and each developed a mind-set that regarded itself as culturally superior to its neighbors. Mu-chou Poo compares these societies' attitudes toward other cultures and finds differences and similarities that reveal the self-perceptions of each society.Notably, this work shows that in contrast to modern racism based on biophysical features, such prejudice did not exist in these ancient societies. It was culture rather than biophysical nature that was the most important criterion for distinguishing us from them. By examining how societies conceive their prejudices, this book breaks new ground in the study of ancient history and opens new ways to look at human society, both ancient and modern.

In search of personal welfare
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ISBN: 058507500X 9780585075006 0791436292 0791436306 143841630X 9780791436295 9780791436301 Year: 1998 Publisher: Albany State University of New York Press

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Ghosts and religious life in early China
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ISBN: 9781009086523 9781316514672 9781009087346 1316514676 1009092073 1009086529 1009092804 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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For modern people, ghost stories are no more than thrilling entertainment. For those living in antiquity, ghosts were far more serious beings, as they could affect the life and death of people and cause endless fear and anxiety. How did ancient societies imagine what ghosts looked like, what they could do, and how people could deal with them? From the vantage point of modernity, what can we learn about an obscure, but no less important aspect of an ancient culture? In this volume, Mu-chou Poo explores the ghosts of ancient China, the ideas that they nurtured, and their role in its culture. His study provides fascinating insights into the interaction between the idea of ghosts and religious activities, literary imagination, and social life devoted to them. Comparing Chinese ghosts with those of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, Poo also offers a wider perspective on the role of ghosts in human history.

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Ghosts --- Ghosts. --- Religion. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- History --- China --- China. --- Chine --- Religion --- History. --- Histoire. --- Phantoms --- Specters --- Spectres --- Apparitions --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- )


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The offering of wine in Ancient Egypt.
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Year: 1992 Publisher: Ann Arbor University microfilms international

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Ghosts and religious life in early China
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ISBN: 9781009086523 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Old Society, New Belief
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ISBN: 0190278358 0190278366 0190278374 0190671599 Year: 2017 Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The Magnitude of Ming

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The Magnitude of Ming : Command, Allotment, and Fate in Chinese Culture
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ISBN: 9780824873981 9780824827397 Year: 2005 Publisher: Honolulu, Hawaii University of Hawaii Press

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