HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt

The Oxford handbook of cuneiform culture

by Radner, Karen, Robson, Eleanor

fromOxford Handbooks

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The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handb…

Egypt and the limits of Hellenism

by Moyer, Ian S.

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"In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth century BCE to the early Roman Empire. Beginning with Herodotus, he analyzes key encounters between Greeks and Egyptian priests, the bea…

Herrschaftsräume und Herrschaftswissen ägyptischer Lokalregenten: Soziokulturelle Interaktionen zur Machtkonsolidie…

by Moje, Jan

fromTopoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi - Berline…

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During the 8th century BC, power gradually shifted from the central government to local rulers, who had nearly autonomous control over their areas of dominion. This study assembles for the first time all known sources regarding this period and analyzes them with respect to their…

Ancient Egyptian administration

by Moreno Garcia, Juan Carlos

fromHandbook of Oriental studies

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The book provides an up-to-date overview of the structure, organization and evolution of the pharaonic administration from its origins to the middle of the first millennium BCE. General descriptions are supplemented by specific analysis of key archives, practices and institution…

The double kingdom under Taharqo: studies in the history of Kush and Egypt, c. 690-…

by Pope, Jeremy W.

fromCulture and history of the ancient Near East

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In The Double Kingdom under Taharqo, Jeremy Pope examines the strategies used by Taharqo, a Kushite pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Twenty-Fifth Dynasty, to govern Nubia and Egypt together during the seventh century BC

The double kingdom under Taharqo: studies in the history of Kush and Egypt, c. 690-…

by Pope, Jeremy W.

fromCulture and history of the ancient Near East

0 Type: Book

In The Double Kingdom under Taharqo, Jeremy Pope examines the strategies used by Taharqo, a Kushite pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Twenty-Fifth Dynasty, to govern Nubia and Egypt together during the seventh century BC.

The boundary stelae of Akhenaten

by Murnane, William J., Van Siclen, Charles Cornell

fromStudies in Egyptology

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During the fourteenth century B.C., even as Egypt faced troubling challenges to her empire, the most basic structures of society suddenly came under attack from an unexpected quarter - the pharaoh himself. Amenhotep IV (c. 1353-1336 B.C), both god-king and high priest of all the…

Encyclopedia of ancient Egypt

by Bunson, Margaret

fromFacts On File library of world history

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Contains over 2300 entries which cover the gods, rulers, cities and themes important in ancient Egypt.

Egyptology from the First World War to the Third Reich: ideology, scholarship, and individual biographies

by Schneider, Thomas, Raulwing, Peter

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Only recently has Egyptology started examining ideology and its implications for our self-understanding and understanding of ancient Egypt, Egyptology, and the past as a whole. This edition presents aspects of ideology, scholarship, and individual biographies from World War I to…

Ancient Egypt: the origins

by Brewer, Douglas J.

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The Dynastic period is the sexy part of Egyptian history--from the first pyramid to Cleopatra's rendezvous with the asp--that so many books cover. Brewer (anthropology, U. of Illinois) looks instead to the period before that, focusing on the connection between environment and cu…