Sunrise of power : ancient Egypt : Alexander and the world of Hellenism

Sunrise of power : ancient Egypt : Alexander and the world of Hellenism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Milton, Joyce
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : HBJ Press, [1980]
Series:	Imperial visions.
Subjects:	Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. To 622 Hellenism. Egypt > History > To 332 B.C. Middle East > History > To 622. Egypt. Greece. Middle East. History.

Table of Contents:

Ancient Egypt. The fortune of the Nile
The power of the written word
Bread and beer
The common man
The army in parade and action
Egyptian women and sisterhood
Egyptian beauty rites
Atenism
Life and afterlife
Medicinal magic
A god for any occasion
Holy animals
Funeral customs
Alexander and the world of Hellenism. The myth of Alezander
The long march
Battle of the Granicus
Battle of Issus
Battle of Gaugamela
Greco-Oriental art
The kingdom after Alexander
Antigonus the one-eyed
The Seleucids
Ptolemy
Flax monopoly
Weights and measures
Encounter with Rome
Pergamon
Hellenistic art and teh grotesque
Gold work.