A History of Egypt 6 Volume Set
Published on 3. October 2013
Book
2070 pages
978-1-108-06743-0 (ISBN)
Description
Published in six volumes between 1894 and 1905, this collection served as a valuable reference work for students and scholars of Egyptology at a time when ongoing archaeological excavations were adding significantly to the understanding of one of the world's oldest civilisations. At the forefront of this research was Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), whose pioneering methods made Near Eastern archaeology a much more systematic and scientific discipline. Many of his other publications are also reissued in this series. Britain's first professor of Egyptology from 1892, Petrie was conscious of the fact that there was no textbook he could recommend to his students. The work of Weidemann was in German and out of date, so Petrie and his collaborators incorporated the latest theories and discoveries in this English-language resource. Volumes 1-3, written by Petrie, cover Egyptian history from its beginnings to the thirtieth dynasty. Volumes 3-6, by other authors, extend the coverage up to 1517 CE.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 Maps; 798 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
2640 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06743-0 (9781108067430)
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Content
Volume 1: Preface; 1. Prehistoric Egypt; 2. The first three dynasties; 3. Fourth dynasty; 4. Fifth dynasty; 5. Sixth dynasty; 6. Seventh to tenth dynasties; 7. Eleventh dynasty; 8. Twelfth dynasty; 9. Thirteenth and fourteenth dynasties; 10. The Hyksos; 11. Notes on chronology; Index. Volume 2: Preface; 1. Seventeenth dynasty; 2. Eighteenth dynasty; 3. Aahmes; 4. Amenhotep I; 5. Tahutimes I; 6. Tahutimes II; 7. Hatshepsut; 8. Tahutimes III; 9. Amenhotep II; 10. Tahutimes IV; 11. Amenhotep III; 12. Amenhotep IV; 13. Ra-Smenkh-Ka; 14. Tut-Ankh-Amen; 15. Ay; 16. Horemheb; 17. The decline of Egypt in Syria; 18. The geography of the Syrian campaigns; 19. Relationships of the XVIIth dynasty; 20. The mummies of Deir el Bahri; Additional notes; Index. Volume 3: Preface; 1. The nineteenth dynasty; 2. The twentieth dynasty; 3. The twenty-first dynasty; 4. The twenty-second dynasty; 5. The twenty-third dynasty; 6. The Ethiopian dominion; 7. The Saite dominion; 8. The Persian dominion; 9. The twenty-ninth dynasty; 10. The thirtieth dynasty; Index. Volume 4: Preface; 1. Authorities; 2. Financial devices of Cleomenes; 3. Accession of Ptolemy II; 4. Accession of Ptolemy III; 5. Accession of Ptolemy IV; 6. Accession of Ptolemy V; 7. Regency of Cleopatra I; 8. Cleopatra II and her son Ptolemy VIII; 9. Apion of Cyrene; 10. Accession of Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIV; Appendix; Index. Volume 5: Preface; 1. The organisation of Egypt under the Romans; 2. The first century of Roman rule in Egypt; 3. A century of prosperity; 4. The decay of the provincial system; 5. The struggle between the state and the church; 6. Establishment of the supremacy of the Christian church; 7. Union of the temporal and religious power; 8. The revenues of taxation of Egypt; 9. Religious institutions; 10. Life in the towns and villages of Egypt; Appendices; Index. Volume 6: Preface; 1. The Arab conquest; 2. A province of the caliphate; 3. Tulun and Ikkshid; 4. The Shia revolution; 5. The Fatimid caliphs; 6. The attack from the east; 7. Saladin; 8. Saladin's successors; 9. The first Mamluks; 10. The house of Kalaun; 11. The Circassian Mamluks; Index.