The culture of ancient Egypt / by John A. Wilson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Wilson, John A. (John Albert), 1899-1976.

Contributor:

• The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill.) ; P11.
• Oriental Institute essay
• Phoenix books ; P11
• An Oriental Institute essay.

Standardized Title:

• Burden of Egypt

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Egypt--Civilization.
• Egypt.
• Civilization.

Penn Provenance:

• Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
• Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

v pages, 1 unnumbered page, 344 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Chicago] : University of Chicago Press, [1956]

Contents:

• The black land: geographic factors of Egypt
• Out of the mud: the long prehistoric struggle
• The search for security and order: Dynasties 1-3 (about 3100-2700 B.C.)
• The king and god: Dynasties 4-6 (about 2700-2200 B.C.)
• The first illness: Dynasties 7-11 (about 2200-2050 B.C.)
• The king as the good shepherd: Dynasties 11-2 (about 2050-1800 B.C.)
• The great humiliation: Dynasties 13-17 (about 1800-1550 B.C.)
• Far frontiers: Earlier Dynasty 18 (about 1550-1375 B.C.)
• Irrepressible conflict: Later Dynasty 18 (about 1375-1325 B.C.)
• Where is the glory? Dynasties 18-20 (about 1325-1100 B.C.)
• The broken reed: Late Empire and Post-Empire (1350 B.C. and After).

Notes:

• First published in 1951 under title: The burden of Egypt.
• "Unabridged, 73 illustrations"--Cover
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

• Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
• Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok October 3, 1957 Los Angeles".
• Potok Collection copy is "Fourth Impression 1957".

OCLC:

253658