The Egyptian empire
By: Ellis Roxburgh
Series: Great empires
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780750296625
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Egypt - History - 332 B.C.-640 A.D., Graeco-Roman period; Egypt - Civilisation; History
Description: Travel back in time and explore Egypt's New Kingdom, an empire that lasted from around 1550 to 1070 BCE. Find out about the key rulers of the empire including Akhenaten and his chief wife Nefertiti and his son Tutankhamen and find out how Egypt's armies pushed the frontiers of the empire further than ever before. Each book in this series covers a particular empire or regional series of empires, charting its history from its rise to its eventual fall. Concise text and supporting boxes explore the reasons for the empire's success and its failure and explain the mechanics of governing the empire and the experience of living under it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.