TY - BOOK AU - Wilkinson,Toby TI - The rise and fall of ancient Egypt SN - 9780553384901 AV - DT83.W687.R574 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Random House N1 - "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; 2; 2; https://ciu.libwizard.com/f/copyright-requests N2 - 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 ER -