The rise and fall of ancient Egypt
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- ISBN: 0553384902 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780553384901 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xxxvi, 611 p., [48] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. - Edition: Random House trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2013, 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 |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DT 83 .W55 2013 | 30775305497522 | General Collection | Available | - |
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245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe rise and fall of ancient Egypt / ‡cToby Wilkinson. |
250 | . | ‡aRandom House trade pbk. ed. | |
260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bRandom House, ‡c2013, c2010. | |
300 | . | ‡axxxvi, 611 p., [48] p. of plates: ‡bill. (some col.), maps ; ‡c23 cm. | |
500 | . | ‡a"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., London, in 2010"--T.p. verso. | |
504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [539]-578) and index. | |
505 | 0 | . | ‡aDivine 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. |
520 | . | ‡aIn 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. | |
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