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The rise and fall of ancient Egypt / Toby Wilkinson. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, (c)2010.Edition: first U.S. editionDescription: xxxvi, 611 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780553384901
  • 9780553805536
LOC classification:
  • DT83.W687.R574 2010
  • DT83
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Contents:
In the beginning -- God incarnate -- Absolute power -- Heaven on Earth -- Eternity assured
Civil war -- Paradise postponed -- The face of tyranny -- Bitter harvest
Order reimposed -- Pushing the boundaries -- King and country -- Golden Age -- Royal revolution
Martial law -- War and peace -- Triumph and tragedy -- Double-edged sword
A house divided -- A tarnished throne -- Fortune's fickle wheel -- Invasion and introspection -- The long goodbye -- Finis.
Subject: 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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"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., London, in 2010"--Title page verso.

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.

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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