Egypt's Making The Origin of Ancient Egypt 5000-2000 BC

Michael Rice's bold and original work evokes the fascination and wonder of the most ancient period of Egypt's history. Egypt's Making is a scholarly yet readable and imaginative approach to this compelling ancient civilization.Already a classic and widely used text, this second edition has been wholly revised and updated in the light of the many discoveries made since its first publication. Michael Rice's bold and original work evokes the fascination and wonder of the most ancient period of Egypt's history.Covering a huge range of topics, including formative influences in the political and social organization and art of Egypt, the origins of kingship, the age of pyramids, the nature of Egypt's contact with the lands around the Arabian Gulf, and the earliest identifiable developments of the historic Egyptian personality.Egypt's Making is a scholarly yet readable and imaginative approach to this compelling ancient civilization.

The author examines the first 3,000 years of Egyptian history, from 5,000 to 2,000 B.C. to the fall of the Ancient Kingdom. The unique and surprising culture of ancient Egypt is explained by the author as essentially African in nature of ancient Egyptian society, various institutions, art, etc. The formative influence of the political and social organization and iconography of most ancient Egypt, the appearance of the earliest evidence of historical Egyptian identity, and the nature and extent of Egypt's contacts with southwest Asia, especially with Sumer and Elam, and the countries bordering the Arabian Gulf are analyzed.

Despite the detailed attention to the archaeological evidence, the author, has managed to write a dynamic and readable text in which, in addition to the topics listed

The origin of the first Egyptians, the origins of the kingdom, the development of the ethnic state, the early cities of Hierakonopolis, Nagada, and Abydos, and the heyday of the Pyramid Age are covered.Sample scans:

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