First Civilizations - Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (Second Edition) - Robert Chadwick
10 Egypt: the Black Land
First Civilizations - Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (Second Edition) - Robert Chadwick
Robert Chadwick [+]
Bishop's University
Robert Chadwick is the co-director of the Wadi ath-Thamad Project and currently teaches in the Religion Department at Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Description
The first chapter of the section dealing with Egypt starts with a discussion of the importance of the Nile river, without which the area would never have spawned one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world. Topics covered include: - the riverine systems of Egypt and Mesopotamia - geography and climate - transportation on the Nile - the development of early Egypt - the Mesopotamian connection - the rediscovery of ancient Egypt - the Rosetta Stone - Egyptology - the unification of Egypt - the Palette of Narmer - the early dynastic period