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- Author: John A Wilson
- Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
- ISBN-10: 0548441545
- ISBN-13: 9780548441541
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The story of Egypt is the story of history itself—the endless rise & fall, the life & death & life again of the eternal effort to endure, enjoy & understand the mystery of the universe. Emerging from the mists of time, Egypt met the challenge of the mystery in a glorious evolution of religious, intellectual & political institutions & for two millennia flourished with all the vigor the heart can invest in a social & cultural order. Then Egypt began to crumble into the desert & the waters of the Nile, & her achievements in civilization became her lingering epitaph. John A. Wilson has written a rich interpretive biography of one of the greatest cultural periods. He answers—as best a modern Egyptologist can—the questions asked concerning the dissolution of Egypt's glory. Here is scholarship at its finest, concerned with the humanity that has preceded us, & finding in past grandeur & failure meaning for today.
Introduction
The black land: geographic features of Egypt
Out of the mud: the long prehistoric struggle
The search for security & order: Dynasties 1-3 (about 3100-2700)
The king & God: Dynasties 4-6 (about 2700-2200)
The first illness: Dynasties 7-11 (about 2200-2050)
The king as the good shepherd: Dynasties 11-12 (about 2050-1800)
The great humiliation: Dynasties 13-17 (about 1800-1550)
Far frontiers: earlier Dynasty 18 (about 1550-1375)
Irrepressible conflict: later Dynasty 18 (about 1375-1325)
Where is the glory?: Dynasties 18-20 (about 1325-1100)
The broken reed: Late Empire & Post-Empire (1350 & after)
Chronology
A Note on Translations
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Index
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- Author: John A Wilson
- Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
- ISBN-10: 0548441545
- ISBN-13: 9780548441541
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
The story of Egypt is the story of history itself—the endless rise & fall, the life & death & life again of the eternal effort to endure, enjoy & understand the mystery of the universe. Emerging from the mists of time, Egypt met the challenge of the mystery in a glorious evolution of religious, intellectual & political institutions & for two millennia flourished with all the vigor the heart can invest in a social & cultural order. Then Egypt began to crumble into the desert & the waters of the Nile, & her achievements in civilization became her lingering epitaph. John A. Wilson has written a rich interpretive biography of one of the greatest cultural periods. He answers—as best a modern Egyptologist can—the questions asked concerning the dissolution of Egypt's glory. Here is scholarship at its finest, concerned with the humanity that has preceded us, & finding in past grandeur & failure meaning for today.
Introduction
The black land: geographic features of Egypt
Out of the mud: the long prehistoric struggle
The search for security & order: Dynasties 1-3 (about 3100-2700)
The king & God: Dynasties 4-6 (about 2700-2200)
The first illness: Dynasties 7-11 (about 2200-2050)
The king as the good shepherd: Dynasties 11-12 (about 2050-1800)
The great humiliation: Dynasties 13-17 (about 1800-1550)
Far frontiers: earlier Dynasty 18 (about 1550-1375)
Irrepressible conflict: later Dynasty 18 (about 1375-1325)
Where is the glory?: Dynasties 18-20 (about 1325-1100)
The broken reed: Late Empire & Post-Empire (1350 & after)
Chronology
A Note on Translations
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Index
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