The Nile: natural and cultural landscape in Egypt
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Modelling the Nile Agricultural Floodplain in Eleventh and Tenth Century B.C. Middle Egypt -- Harbours and Coastal Military Bases in Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C. -- Development of the Memphite Floodplain -- Karnaks Quaysides -- Medamud and the Nile -- The...
| Summary: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Modelling the Nile Agricultural Floodplain in Eleventh and Tenth Century B.C. Middle Egypt -- Harbours and Coastal Military Bases in Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C. -- Development of the Memphite Floodplain -- Karnaks Quaysides -- Medamud and the Nile -- The Nile in the Fayum -- Nilometers or: Can You Measure Wealth? -- In Search of a Future Companion -- The Dynamic Nature of the Transition from the Nile Floodplain to the Desert in Central Egypt since the Mid-Holocene -- The Analysis of Historical Maps as an Avenue to the Interpretation of Pre-Industrial Irrigation Practices in Egypt -- Landscapes of the Bashmur -- Authors |
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| Item Description: | "On 22 and 23 February 2013, the Forschungsschwerpunkt Historische Kulturwissenschaften at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz organized an international symposium ... The present, peer-reviewed volume offers the proceedings of this symposium."--Preface Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (370 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8376-3615-4 3-8394-3615-X 3-8376-3615-1 978-3-8394-3615-8 |
