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Egypt is the most populous country in the world's most unstable region. It is the key to Middle East peace, the voice of the Arab world and the crossroads between Europe and Africa. Its historical and strategic importance is unparalleled. In short, Egypt matters. And the key to Egypt - its colourful past, chaotic present and uncertain future - is the Nile...From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today carries modern-day tourists past bankside settlements in which rural life - fishing, farming, flooding - continues much as it has for millennia. At this most critical juncture in the country's history, foremost Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey up the Nile, north from Lake Victoria, from Cataract to Cataract, past the Aswan Dam, to the delta.
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The Nile: Traveling Downriver through Egypt's Past and Present
May 05, 2020, Blackstone Publishing
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1094133345 9781094133348
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Nile: Travelling Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
2015, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
in English
0804168903 9780804168908
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Nile: Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
2014, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
1408853418 9781408853412
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Nile: Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
2014, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
1408839938 9781408839935
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