A Short History of Ancient Egypt
Subtitle: From Predynastic to Roman Times
Publisher: Cassell
Published: March 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780304347117
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; Ancient World; Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; History - General History; 332-30 B.C; History; To 332 B.C; History: World
First sentence: 'Egypt is the land which the Nile in flood irrigates, and the Egyptians are those people who live downstream from the city of Elephantine and drink from that river.'