Description |
xii, 452 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Traveller's history |
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Traveller's history.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-404) and index. |
Contents |
Land, origins and prehistory, c. 33,000,000-3000 BC -- The rise and fall of early Egypt: the Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, c. 3000-2160 BC -- Renaissance and upheaval, the first intermediate period, the Middle Kingdom, and the second intermediate period, c. 2160-1550 BC -- The New Kingdom, c. 1550-1069 BC -- Fragmentation and repair, the third intermediate period and the late period, c. 1069-332 BC -- Alexander and the Ptolemies, 332-30 BC -- From Rome to Byzantium, 30 BC-641 AD -- The Arab age, 642-1250 -- Mamluks and Ottomans, 1250-1798 -- The dawn of the mdoern state, 1798-1882 -- The British occupation, 1882-1952 -- nasser, Sadat and contemporary Egypt, 1952- -- Rulers of Egypt -- Chronology of major events -- Glossary. |
Subject |
Egypt -- Description and travel.
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Egypt -- History.
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Added Title |
Egypt |
ISBN |
1566566541 paperback |
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9781566566544 paperback |
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