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The rise and fall of ancient Egypt
- Title
- The rise and fall of ancient Egypt / Toby Wilkinson.
- Author
- Wilkinson, Toby, 1969-
- Publication
- New York : Random House, ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DT83 .W658 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxxvi, 611 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- In this magnificent history, Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconography of power, to reveal Ancient Egypt in all its complexity--from the brutality and repression that lay behind the appearance of its unchanging monarchy to its extraordinary architectural and cultural achievements.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., London, in 2010"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-578) and index.
- Contents
- Divine right (5000-2175 B.C.). In the beginning ; God incarnate ; Absolute power ; Heaven on Earth ; Eternity assured -- End of innocence (2175-1541 B.C.). Civil war ; Paradise postponed ; The face of tyranny ; Bitter harvest -- The power and the glory (1541-1322 B.C.). Order reimposed ; Pushing the boundaries ; King and country ; Golden Age ; Royal revolution -- Military might (1322-1069 B.C.). Martial law ; War and peace ; Triumph and tragedy ; Double-edged sword -- Change and decay (1069-30 B.C.). A house divided ; A tarnished throne ; Fortune's fickle wheel ; Invasion and introspection ; The long goodbye ; Finis.
- ISBN
- 9780553805536
- 0553805533
- 0553384902
- 9780553384901
- 9780679604297 (canceled/invalid)
- 0679604294 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2009047322
- OCLC
- ocn465681313
- 465681313
- SCSB-1782794
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library