Nile: Urban Histories on the Banks of a River

ISBN-13: 9781474458610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str.

Nezar AlSayyad

Opis

The Nile, the world's longest river system, has figured prominently in historic events over millennia. This book views the Nile as both the stage on which these events occurred and as an actor in its unfolding history. It examines the intersection of natural forces and human intervention to take readers on a series of historical journeys along the river, from its sources to the Mediterranean Sea. Nezar AlSayyad explores the histories of important individuals who played significant roles in the development of settlements and nation-states along the Nile, and engages with space and built form as the primary units of analysis, anchoring specific events in the cities of the Nile.

Spis treści

Dedication; Preface; Roadmap; Prologue: The Urban Life of a River; 1. Finding the Source of the Nile: Centuries of Discovery; 2. Birth of the Nile: Water Carves a Path through Rugged Land; 3. The Nile of Lower Egypt: Memphis, the First Capital City; 4. Thebes of the Pharaohs: The Nile of Upper Egypt; 5. Avaris and Akhetaten: Temporary Capitals on the Nile; 6. Nubia on the Nile: The Kingdom of the Black Pharaohs in Napata and Meroe; 7. Alexandria: Greeks and Romans on the Western Edge of the Nile Delta; 8. A Nile Oasis in the Sahara: Fayoum of the Ptolemies; 9. Cairo: The Thousand Years Capital on the Nile; 10. Crusaders on the Nile: Damietta and Mansoura; 11. Cities of the Blue Nile: Lake Tana and the Ethiopian Empires; 12. Rosetta and the Discovery of Ancient Egypt: Where the Nile Meets the Sea; 13. Khartoum and Omdurman: An Islamic State on the Nile in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; 14. A Pyramid for the Living: The Nile at Aswan; Epilogue: On the Possible Death of the Nile and the Life of Its Cities.