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001 2011280920
003 DLC
005 20111028102545.0
008 110322s2010 ua ab b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2011280920
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn606779854
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050 00 $aDT88$b.D64 2010
082 00 $a932/.014$223
100 1 $aDodson, Aidan,$d1962-
245 10 $aPoisoned legacy :$bthe decline and fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty /$cAidan Dodson.
246 1 $iTitle on jacket:$aPoisoned legacy, the fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty
260 $aCairo ;$aNew York :$bAmerican University in Cairo Press,$c2010.
300 $axxvi, 196 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"After the death of Rameses II, the Nineteenth Dynasty soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II's promotion of a concept of a wider 'royal family' may have sown the seeds for the conflict among their descendants. Aidan Dodson explores the mysteries of the origins of the usurper-king Amenmeses and the career of the 'king-maker' of the period, the chancellor Bay. Having helped to install at least one pharaoh on the throne, Bay's life was ended by his abrupt execution, ordered by the woman with whom he had shared the regency of Egypt for the young and disabled King Siptah. Finally, the author considers how that woman, Towosret, became the last true female pharaoh, and how she finally lost her throne to the founder of the Twentieth Dynasty, Sethnakhte."--Jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-185) and index.
651 0 $aEgypt$xHistory$yNineteenth dynasty, ca. 1320-1200 B.C.
650 0 $aPharaohs$xHistory.
650 0 $aKings and rulers$xSuccession.
600 00 $aMerneptah,$cKing of Egypt.
600 00 $aTausert,$cQueen, consort of Seti II, King of Egypt,$dfl. ca. 1187-1185 B.C.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011280920-b.html