The Nile
eBook - ePub

The Nile

History's Greatest River

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Nile

History's Greatest River

About this book

"[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.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780755616794
eBook ISBN
9780755616800
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of plates
  7. Maps
  8. The Beginning of the Journey
  9. The Desert and the Delta
  10. Towards Karnak and the Nile Cataracts
  11. Nubia and the Country Where the Rivers Meet
  12. The Nile Wetlands and the New State
  13. The Country with the Great Lakes
  14. East of the Inland Ocean
  15. Towards the Nile’s Sources in Central Africa
  16. The Water Tower in the East
  17. The End of the Journey
  18. Notes
  19. References
  20. Index of Names
  21. Plates
  22. Copyright