Encyclopaedia of Ancient Civilizations
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Viking
Published: November 14, 1988
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780670825950
Subjects: Reference works; World history: BCE to c 500 CE
First sentence: The period between about 3100 BC, when dynastic history began, and 332 BC, when Egyptian independence was brought to an end by the conquest of Alexander the Great, is normally referred to as Ancient Egypt.