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The pharaohs /

Tyldesley, Joyce A.

The pharaohs / Joyce Tyldesley. - London : Quercus, 2009. - 223 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue ; Finding the pharaohs -- The first pharaohs: A tale of two lands : The valley and the delta / C.5300-3050 BC ; The Horus Kings : Menes and Narmer / C.3050-3000 BC : The evidence from Abydos ; Egypt's first royal cemetary / C.3000-2686 BC -- Pharaohs and pyramids: Stairways to the stars : The step pyramids / C.2686-2613 BC ; The great builders ; Snefru and his family / C.2613-2494 BC ; The children of Re : From Userkaf to Unas / C.2494-2345 BC ; Decentralization and drought : The end of the old kingdom / C.2345-2181 BC -- Pharaohs reinvented: Local rule : The first intermediate period / C.2181-2055 BC ; Reunited : The warriors of Thebes / C.2125-1985 BC ; Peace and prosperity : Amenemhat and his descendants / C.1985-1773 ; Decline : The end of the middle kingdom / C.1773-1650 BC ; Invasion and expulsion : The second intermediate period / C.1650-1550 BC -- The fighting pharaohs: Egypt restored : The expulsion of the Hyksos / C.1550-1504 BC ; Valley of the kings : Housing the royal dead ; Developing the empire : The Tuthmoside Kings / C.1504-1427 BC -- Pharaohs of the sun: Sunrise : Amenhotep II and Tuthmosis IV ; C.1427-1390 BC ; The dazzling sun disk : Amenhotep III / C.1390-1352 BC ; High Noon : Amenhotep IV, Akhenaten and the Amarna Period / C.1352-1336 BC ; Sunset : The experiment fails / C.1338-1295 BC -- The Ramesside Pharaohs: A new beginning : General Ramesses and his son / C.1295-1279 BC ; Master of propaganda : Ramesses II / C.1279-1213 BC ; An inextricable decline : From Merenptah to Tawosret / C.1213-1186 BC ; Rise and fall : Eight kings named Ramesses C.1186-1069 BC -- Pharaohs and foreigners: Divided rule : Tanis and Thebes / C.1069-945 BC ; Chaos and confusion : The Libyan Pharaohs / C.945-715 BC ; Brief stability : The Nubian Pharaohs / C.747-656 BC ; A backwards glance : The Saite Pharaohs / C.664-525 BC ; A hated overlord : Two Persian invasions / C.525-332 BC -- The final pharaohs: Salvation : The Macedonian Pharaohs / 332-305 BC ; A new empire : Ptolemy I to Ptolemy III / 304-221 BC ; Change : The beginning of the end / 221-51 BC ; The last pharaohs : The fall of the House of Ptolemy / 51-30 BC -- Epilogue: After the pharaohs.

An illustrated history of Egyptian pharaohs that profiles three-thousand years of rulers in Egypt, which includes Khufu, Montuhotep II, Hatshepsut, Tutankhamen, and others.

9781847244956 1847244955 9781847245113 1847245110

GBA925877 bnb

014927088 Uk


To 332 B.C.


Pharaohs.
Civilization.
Kings and rulers.


Egypt--Kings and rulers.
Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.


History.

DT61 / .T85 2009

932.010922
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