A history of ancient Egypt / Marc Van De Mieroop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van de Mieroop, Marc, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Blackwell history of the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--History--To 640 A.D.

Egypt.

History.

Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.

Civilization.

Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 380 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

Summary:

the Newly Revised Second Edition Of A History Of Ancient Egypt Delivers An Up-To-Date Survey Of Ancient Egypt's History From Its Origins To The Roman Empire's Banning Of Hieroglyphics In The Fourth Century A.D. The Book Covers Developments In All Aspects Of Egypt's History And Their Historical Sources, Considering The Social And Economic Life And The Rich Culture Of Ancient Egypt. --

Freshly updated to take into account recent discoveries, the book makes the latest scholarship accessible to a wide audience, including introductory undergraduate students. A History of Ancient Egypt outlines major political and cultural events and places Egypt's history within its regional context and detailing interactions with western Asia and Africa. Each period of history receives equal attention and a discussion of the problems scholars face in its study. The book offers a foundation for all students interested in Egyptian culture by providing coverage of topics like: --

A thorough introduction to the formation of the Egyptian state between the years of 3400 B.C. and 2686 B.C. --

An exploration of the end of the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate period, from 2345 B.C. to 2055 B.C. --

An analysis of the Second Intermediate Period and the Hyksos between 1700 B.C. and 1550 B.C. --

A discussion of Greek and Roman Egypt between 332 B.C. and A.D. 395. --Book Jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.1. What is Ancient Egypt?

Chronological boundaries

Geographical boundaries

What is ancient Egyptian history?

Who are the ancient Egyptians?

1.2. Egypt's Geography

The Nile River

The desert

Climate

Frontiers and links

1.3. The Makeup of Egyptian Historical Sources

Papyri and ostraca

Monumental inscriptions

Historical criticism

1.4. The Egyptians and Their Past

King lists

Egyptian concepts of kingship

1.5. The Chronology of Egyptian History

Modern subdivisions of Egyptian history

Absolute chronology

1.6. Prehistoric Developments

The beginning of agriculture

Naqada I and II periods

2.1. Sources

2.2. Royal Cemeteries and Cities

The Late Naqada culture

Dynasty 0

2.3. The First Kings

Images of war

The unification of Egypt

2.4. Ideological Foundations of the New State

Kings

Cemeteries

Festivals

Royal annals and year names

Gods and cults

Bureaucracy

2.5. The Invention of Writing

Precursors at Abydos

Hieroglyphic script

2.6. Foreign Relations

The Uruk culture of Babylonia

Late 4th-millennium Nubia

Late 4th-millennium Palestine

3.1. Sources

3.2. The Evolution of the Mortuary Complex

Djoser's step pyramid at Saqqara

Sneferu's three pyramids

The great pyramids at Giza

Solar temples of the 5th dynasty

3.3. Administrating the Old Kingdom State

Neferirkara's archive at Abusir

Officialdom

3.4. Ideological Debates?

Problems of royal succession

The gods Horus and Ra

3.5. Foreign Relations

Contacts with Nubia

Contacts with Asia

The western desert

3.6. Later Traditions about the Old Kingdom

Djoser and Imhotep

Sneferu

The great pyramid builders

4.1. Sources

4.2. The Rise of the Regions and Political Fragmentation

Nomes and nomarchs

Officials' biographies

Pepy II

Why did the Old Kingdom dissolve?

4.3. Foreign Relations

Nubian independence

The eastern desert and the Levant

Mercenaries

4.4. Competition between Herakleopolis and Thebes

Herakleopolis

Thebes

4.5. Appraising the First Intermediate Period

Middle Kingdom literary reflections

Historical critique

5.1. Sources and Chronology

5.2. Kings and Regional Elites

Reunification and the 11th dynasty

The start of the 12th dynasty and the foundation of Itj-tawi

Provincial powers in the early Middle Kingdom

Royal interference in the provinces

Administrative reorganization

Royal power in the 13th dynasty

5.3. Kings as Warriors

The annexation of Nubia

5.4. Egypt in the Wider World

The early Kingdom of Kush

The eastern desert and Sinai

Syria and Palestine

The world beyond

Rhetoric and practice in foreign relations

5.5. The Cult of Osiris

5.6. Middle Kingdom Literature and its Impact on Egyptian Culture

6.1. Sources and Chronology

6.2. Avaris: Multiple Transformations of a Delta Harbor

A history of Avaris

Cultural hybridity

Other immigrants

6.3. The Hyksos

The name Hyksos

Hyksos origins

Egyptian cultural influences

Political history

The 14th and 16th dynasties

Hyksos rule in Palestine?

6.4. Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush

The independence of Lower Nubia

The Kingdom of Kush

Kerma

The extent of the Kingdom of Kush

6.5. Thebes in the Middle

Royal tombs

Seqenenra Taa

Kamose's war

6.6. The Hyksos in Later Perspective

Queen Hatshepsut

The gods Ra and Seth

Manetho and Josephus

7.1. Egypt in a New World Order

7.2. Sources and Chronology

7.3. Egypt at War

War and society in the New Kingdom

The "war of liberation"

Wars in western Asia

7.4. Egypt and the Outside World

7.5. Domestic Issues

Royal succession

Hatshepsut

Royal funerary customs

New Kingdom bureaucracy

Building activity in the early 18th dynasty

8.1. An International Age

The Club of the Great Powers

The administration of Syria and Palestine

The rise of the Hittites

A failed marriage alliance

8.2. Amenhotep III: The Sun King

Amenhotep III's divinity and his building projects

The king's family

The king's court

8.3. From Amenhotep III to Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten

8.4. Akhenaten

Theban years (years 1 to 5)

Akhetaten (years 5 to 12)

Turmoil (years 12 to 17)

Akhenaten's successors

8.5. Akhenaten's Memory

9.1. Domestic Policy: Restoration and Renewal

Sety I

Rameses II

9.2. International Relations: Reforming the Empire

Wars in Syria

Egyptian-Hittite peace

A new imperial structure

Foreigners in Egypt

9.3. Rameses's Court

Officials

The royal family

9.4. A Community of Tomb Builders

10.1. Problems at Court

Sety II and Amenmessu

Saptah and Tausret

Sethnakht

10.2. Breakdown of Order

Tomb robberies

Workers' strikes

10.3. The Decline of Royal Power

10.4. Pressures from Abroad

Libyans and Sea Peoples

The end of the international system

10.5. End of the New Kingdom

11.1. Sources and Chronology

11.2. Twin Cities: Tanis and Thebes (the 21st dynasty, 1069-945)

Tanis

A peaceful coexistence

11.3. Libyan Rule (22nd to 24th dynasties, 945-715)

Centralization and diffusion of power

The God's Wife of Amun

11.4. The End of the Third Intermediate Period

Nubian resurgence

Saite expansion

12.1. Sources and Chronology

12.2. The Eastern Mediterranean in the 1st Millennium

12.3. Egypt, Kush, and Assyria (ca. 715-656)

Military incidents

12.4. Egypt, Greeks, and Babylonians (656-525)

Greek-Egyptian relations

Military activity

12.5. Recollections of the Past Under the Kings of Kush and Sais

12.6. Egypt and Persia (525-332)

Domination and resistance

Mixing cultures

13.1. Sources and Chronology

13.2. Alexandria and Philae

Alexandria

Philae

13.3. Kings, Queens, and Emperors

The Ptolemies

Queen Cleopatra VII

Roman Egypt

13.4. Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians

Administration

Culture and religion

13.5. Economic Developments: Agriculture, Finance, and Trade

13.6. The African Hinterland

13.7. The Christianization of Egypt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Van De Mieroop, Marc. History of ancient Egypt.

ISBN:

9781119620877

1119620872

OCLC:

1200833162