Untersuchungen zum Agyptischen Staat des Alten Reiches und Seinen Institutionen

This book examines from a historical materialist perpective, several Old Kingdom state institutions, such as the treasury, the granaries, the king's domain and the vizier. It looks at Old Kingdom society from the early Dynastic period to the Sixth Dynasty, following the development, function and effectiveness of institutions. It concludes that Old Kingdom Egypt was an early form of a slaveholder society. German text.