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Reconstructing the Past
REGION:
Australia
LEVELS:
Year 11 / Year 12
SUBJECT AREA:
History
EDITION:
1ed
ISBN:
9780521776561
PUBLICATION DATE:
26/08/1999
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The most comprehensive and well-researched student text available on Ancient Egypt.
Written for senior Ancient History students, Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing the Past uses a vast range of primary and secondary written and archeological source material to bring to life the 'historical story' without losing sight of the chronology. 
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List of illustrations List of maps About this text Part 1. Introduction: Chapter 1. The physical environment of ancient Egypt Chapter 2. Sources for Egyptian history Chapter 3. The formative years of Egyptian greatness Part 2. The Old Kingdom - the Pyramid Age: Chapter 4. The experimental phase of pyramid building Chapter 5. Religious and political changes Chapter 6. The life of the king and his people Chapter 7. Preparing for eternity Part 3. The Middle Kingdom: Chapter 8. The achievements of the Eleventh and Twelfth dynasties Part 4. The New Kingdom: Chapter 9. A vigorous new beginning Chapter 10. 'The Female Horus' - Hatshepsut Chapter 11. 'Valiant like Montu' - Thutmose III Chapter 12. 'The Dazzling Sun-Disk' - Amenhotep III Chapter 13. Akhenaten and the Amarna interlude Chapter 14. A change of dynasty - Seti I and Ramesses II Chapter 15. Egyptian expansion and its effects on New Kingdom society Chapter 16. Everyday life in New Kingdom Egypt Chapter 17. New Kingdom funerary beliefs and burial practices Appendices; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index |