A History of Egypt (Record no. 20176)
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| fixed length control field | 01571nam a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789774160912 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 938937446 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DT77 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 962 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jason Thompson |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A History of Egypt |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | American University in Cairo Press |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 412 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | No country's past can match Egypt's in antiquity, richness, and variety. Rarely, however, is this nation's history presented as a comprehensive panorama, since scholars tend to divide it into distinct eras--pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, medieval Islamic, Ottoman, and modern--that are rarely studied in connection to each other, despite the strong elements of continuity running through all of these periods. But here, historian Jason Thompson has written a cohesive account of Egypt's millennia-long past.In A History of Egypt, readers are offered a sure guide through the sometimes labyrinthine corridors of Egypt's past, from the mysterious predynastic kingdoms to the nation-state of the twenty-first century. The author addresses central scholarly issues such as how Egyptian history can be treated as a whole and how the west has shaped prevailing images of it, both through direct contact and through the lens of western scholarship. Drawing on current historical scholarship as well as his own research, Jason Thompson has written a remarkable work of synthesis and concision, offering students, travelers, and general readers alike an engaging one-volume narrative of the extraordinarily long course of human history by the Nile. |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 962 THOM | 69869 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |