The rise and fall of ancient Egypt
Record details
- ISBN: 0679604294 (eBook)
- ISBN: 9780679604297 (eBook)
- ISBN: 0553805533 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780553805536 (hbk.)
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Physical Description:
xxxvi, 611 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm
print - Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., London, in 2010"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-578) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Egypt History To 332 B.C Egypt History 332-30 B.C Egypt History Egypt |
Genre: | History. |
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Homer Public Library | 932 WIL (Text) | 000106499 | Nonfiction | Available | - |