TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilkinson,Toby A.H.
TI  - The rise and fall of ancient Egypt
SN  - 0553805533 : HRD
AV  - DT83 .W658 2010
U1  - 932 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Egypt
KW  - History
KW  - To 332 B.C
KW  - 332-30 B.C
N1  - "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., London, in 2010"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-578) and index; 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
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
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