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The rise and fall of ancient Egypt

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780679604297 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0679604294 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource : col. ill.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, c2011.

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General Note:
Originally published: London : Bloomsbury Pub., 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references 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 of 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
Genre: EBOOK.
Electronic books.

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