| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2013012485 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781250030115 (hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1250030110 (hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781250030115 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)811597800 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
932 Rom |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 1# - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
932 Rom |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Romer, John. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A history of ancient Egypt : |
| Remainder of title |
from the first farmers to the Great Pyramid |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John Romer. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First U.S. edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Thomas Dunne Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxvii, 475 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (some color) ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books"--T.p. verso. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Making culture (5000-3000 BC). Beside the Pale Lake : living in the Faiyum, c. 5000-4000 BC ; Sickle sheen : most ancient Egypt and the Neolithic ; Merimda and el-Omari : Lower Egypt, 4800-4300 BC ; The Badarians : Middle Egypt, 4400-4000 BC ; Black-topped, white-lined : life in Upper Egypt, 4000-3500 BC ; A cloud across the moon : death in Upper Egypt, 4000-3200 BC ; Boats and donkeys : copper, trade, and influence within the Lower Nile Valley, 3500-3000 BC ; Rolling along : of men and monsters, 3500 -- Making Pharaoh (3200-3000 BC). Scorpion and hawk, 3200-3000 BC ; The coming of the king : the origins of hieroglyphs, c. 3000 BC ; Narmer's palette : the qualities of kings, c. 3000 BC ; The hawk upon the wall : history, land and Naqadan resettlement, 3500-3000 BC ; Taking wing : Naqadan emigration, 3500-3000 BC ; Taking stock : ordering and accounting within the early state ; The shadows of birds : rite and sacrifice within the early state -- Making a kingdom (3000-2650 BC). The Serekh tomb : the story of the Naqada Mastaba, c. 3000 BC ; A line of kings : the first dynasty royal tombs, 3000-2825 BC ; The lost dynasty : fake histories, real lives : dynasty two, 2825-2675 BC ; The wheeling hawk : refining Egypt : dynasties one, two and three ; The realms of pharaoh : dynasties one and three ; Two gentlemen of Saqqara : Merka and Hesi-re : dynasties one and three -- Step pyramid (2675-2650 BC). Djoser's kingdom ; Heb Sediana : visions of the pyramid ; Deus absconditus : the hidden god ; In consequence : the pyramid's effect -- Building ancient Egypt (2650-2550 BC). A diadem of pyramids, 2650-2625 BC ; Court and country : Metjen and the early reign of Sneferu, 2625-2600 BC ; High society : Sneferu at Maidum, 2625-2600 BC ; A building passion : Sneferu at Dahshur, 2600-2575 BC ; Making the gods : deity at Dahshur, 2600-2575 BC ; The perfect pyramid : Khufu and Giza, 2575-2550 BC. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The first volume of a history of the earliest days of ancient Egypt challenges popular archaeological understandings to chronicle the ancient world's first agricultural practices through the construction of the pyramids. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Egypt |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 332 B.C. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Egypt. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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