The Egyptians (Peoples of Africa)
by By Watterson, Barbara
Category: Social Science , Anthropology , Cultural & Social

An history of Egypt from the first settlements to the present.  A vast undertaking which focusses on continuity as well as  cultural changes and emphasises the influence of geography and  climate on econcomics and social organisation. Lots of  archaeological as well as historical evidence to trace the  prehistory of the area, the pyramid builders, the civilisation of  the imperial age, the first pharoahs and then the influence of  the Greeks, the Romans, Christianity, Islam and a brief  examination of the contemporary situation.