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The story of Egypt / Joann Fletcher.

Title
The story of Egypt / Joann Fletcher.
Author
Fletcher, Joann.
Publication
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2015.

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482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
Professor Joann Fletcher pulls together the complete Story of Egypt - charting the rise and fall of the ancient Egyptians while putting their whole world into a context that we can all relate to. Joann Fletcher uncovers some fascinating revelations, from Egypt's oldest art to the beginnings of mummification almost two thousand years earlier than previously believed. She also looks at the women who became pharaohs on at least 10 occasions, and the evidence that the Egyptians built the first Suez Canal, circumnavigated Africa and won victories at the original Olympic games.
Subject
  • To 332 B.C
  • Civilization
  • Manners and customs
  • Egypt > History > To 332 B.C
  • Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C
  • Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C
  • Egypt
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-460) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
In the beginning -- Sahara savannah: c.55,000-5500 BC -- Seeking the waters: c.5500-3500 BC -- The north-south divide: c.3500-3100 BC -- Lords and ladies of the Two Lands: c.3100-2890 BC -- Shifting focus: c.2890-2686 BC -- The rise of the pyramid age: c.2667 -- 2613 BC -- Sons and daughters of the sun: c.2613-2494 BC -- The rule of Ra: c.2494-2375 BC -- Clouds across the sun: c.2375-2181 BC -- Anarchy in the Two Lands: c.2181-1985 BC -- Classic kingdom, Middle Kingdom: c.1985-1855 BC -- Proliferate, disintegrate: c.1855-1650 BC -- Divided and conquered: c.1650-1550 BC -- Dawn of the golden age: c.1550-1425 BC -- Zenith of the sun: c.1425-1352 BC -- Reflected glories: c.1352 -- 1295 BC -- Reigns of the Ramessides: c.1295-1069 BC -- Decline, rise and fall: c.1069-332 BC -- The final flourish: 332-30 BC.
ISBN
  • 9781444785180
  • 1444785184
  • 9781444785166
  • 1444785168
OCLC
921189836
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library