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Roman Egypt : a history
- Title
- Roman Egypt : a history / edited by Roger S Bagnall ; with contributions from Mona Hagggag [and four others].
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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- Additional Authors
- Bagnall, Roger S.
- Description
- xxxiv, 380 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "As Ruler of the Two Lands, Egypt's pharaoh wore the double pschent crown: the red crown of Lower Egypt, in the north, surrounding the white crown of Upper Egypt, in the south. Personified in the ruler, this union remained a central ideal throughout Egyptian history. The unity of Upper and Lower Egypt, also symbolized in the knot tied between papyrus and reed, was long seen as key to Egypt's success. (Fig. 1.1.1) In practice, however, the country was diverse in many ways, with an ongoing struggle between the central ideologies of unity and uniformity and the realities on the ground. Egypt was a self-consciously distinctive culture that also constantly received and absorbed immigrants from many countries into its society"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-372) and index.
- Call Number
- JFF 21-811
- ISBN
- 9781108844901
- 1108844901
- 1108949002
- 9781108949002
- LCCN
- 2021007638
- OCLC
- 1240774517
- 1240774517
- Title
- Roman Egypt : a history / edited by Roger S Bagnall ; with contributions from Mona Hagggag [and four others].
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-372) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 30 B.C.-640 A.D.
- Added Author
- Bagnall, Roger S., editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Roman Egypt Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108953948 (DLC) 2021007639
- Research Call Number
- JFF 21-811