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The Nile: History's Greatest River
 
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ISBN13:9781350522237
ISBN10:1350522236
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:400 pages
Size:234x156 mm
Weight:454 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 20 colour illus
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The Nile

History's Greatest River
 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Number of Volumes: Paperback
 
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"[A] vivid travelogue." New Statesman
"Has much to offer." The Spectator
"Sparks the imagination." BBC History Magazine
"A
fascinating study." BBC History Revealed Magazine
"Essential reading." All About History
"Valiant, valuable and entertaining." Times Literary Supplement

The greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river's mouth to its sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river. Brimming with accounts of central characters in the struggle for the Nile - from Caesar and Cleopatra, to Churchill and Mussolini, and on to the political leaders of today, The Nile is also the story of water as it nourished a civilization.

Table of Contents:

List of Plates
Maps

The Beginning of the Journey
The Desert and the Delta
Towards Karnak and the Nile Cataracts
Nubia and the Country Where the Rivers Meet
The Nile Wetlands and the New State
The Country with the Great Lakes
East of the Inland Ocean
The Water Tower in the East
The End of the Journey

Notes
References
Index