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Afterglow of empire : Egypt from the fall of the new kingdom to the Saite Renaissance / Aidan Dodson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dodson, Aidan, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.
- Egypt--History--Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1071-ca. 650 B.C.
- Egypt--History--New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (373 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions.Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archae
- Contents:
- 9789774165313; 9789774165313; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; MAPS; INTRODUCTION; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781617971280
- 1617971286
- 9781617973659
- 1617973653
- 9781617974748
- 1617974749
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