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100	1		_aWilkinson, Toby A. H.
245	1	4	_aThe rise and fall of ancient Egypt / _cToby Wilkinson.
250			_a1st U.S. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House, _cc2010.
300			_axxxvi, 611 p., [48] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., London, in 2010"--T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [539]-578) and index.
505	0		_aDivine 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.
520			_aIn 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.
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _yTo 332 B.C.
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _y332-30 B.C.
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