The countryside
By: by Kathryn Hinds.
Series: Life in ancient Egypt
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761421856
Subjects: Country life -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500 -- Juvenile literature.; Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C. -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "Describes the social and economic structure of country life during the New Kingdom period (c. 1550 BCE - 1070 BCE) of ancient Egypt, including the distinctive roles of men and women and what it was like to be a child in a peasant community"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The gift of the Nile; title: The village; title: Men of the soil; title: Rural women; title: Growing up in the country; title: Rest and relaxation; title: A hard life.