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Nile : Urban Histories on the Banks of a River /
Narrates the history of cities that appeared and disappeared on the banks of the river Nile over four millenniaIncludes descriptions of individual buildings, archaeological sites, urban areas and their historiesBrings a new perspective to a much studied history and geography of the Nile basinFocuses...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Road Map
- Supporting Visual Material
- Prologue. The Urban Life of a River
- 1. Finding the Source of the Nile: Centuries of Discovery
- 2. The Birth of the Nile: Water Carves a Path through Rugged Land
- 3. The Nile of Lower Egypt: Memphis, the First Capital City
- 4. Thebes of the Pharaohs: The Nile of Upper Egypt
- 5. Avaris and Akhetaten: Temporary Capitals on the Nile
- 6. Nubia on the Nile: The Kingdom of the Black Pharaohs in Napata and Meroe
- 7. Alexandria: Greeks and Romans on the Western Edge of the Nile Delta
- 8. A Nile Oasis in the Sahara: Fayoum of the Ptolemies
- 9. Cairo: The Thousand-year Capital on the Nile
- 10. Crusaders on the Nile: Damietta and Mansoura
- 11. Cities of the Blue Nile: Lake Tana and the Ethiopian Empires
- 12. Rosetta and the Discovery of Ancient Egypt: Where the Nile Meets the Sea
- 13. Khartoum and Omdurman: An Islamic State on the Nile in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
- 14. A Pyramid for the Living: The Nile at Aswan
- Epilogue. On the Possible Death of the Nile and the Life of its Cities
- Index