Nile : urban histories on the banks of a river /: urban histories on the banks of a river. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nezar AlSayyad.
• Authors: AlSayyad, Nezar
• Contents: Prologue. the urban life of a river -- Finding the source of the Nile: centuries of discovery -- The birth of the Nile: water carves a path through rugged land -- The Nile of lower Egypt: Memphis, the first capital city -- Thebes of the pharoahs: the Nile of upper Egypt -- Avaris and Akhetaten: temporary capitals on the Nile -- Nubia on the Nile: the kingdom of the black pharaohs in Napata and Meroe -- Alexandria: Greeks and Romans on the western edge of the Nile delta -- A Nile oasis in the Sahara: Fayoum of the ptolemies -- Cairo: the thousand-year capital on the Nile -- Crusaders on the Nile: Damietta and Mansoura -- Cities of the Blue Nile: Lake Tana and the Ethiopian empires -- Rosetta and the discovery of ancient Egypt: where the Nile meets the sea -- Khartoum and Omdurman: an Islamic State on the Nile in the anglo-Egyptian Sudan -- a pyramid for the living: the Nile at Aswan -- Epilogue. On the possible death of the Nile and the life of its cities.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 911.62; Cities and towns -- Nile River Valley; Cities and towns -- Nile River Region; Cities and towns; Historical geography; Nile River Valley -- Historical geography; Nile River Region -- Historical geography; Nile River Valley; Nile River Region; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1474458629; 9781474458627
• Related ISBNs: 1474458602; 9781474458603; 9781474458634
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2020).
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