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Author: D. Mackenzie Wallace Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780266495338 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 542
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Excerpt from Egypt and the Egyptian Question To understand such conduct on the part of a Mudir, English readers must be informed that the chief duty of a provincial Governor in Egypt is not to prevent injustice or to increase the well - being of the inhabit ants, but to collect the full amount of the taxes, and to avoid giving unnecessary trouble to his superiors. In his officially trained mind the fellaheen are not men and women with human feelings and civil rights who are to be protected and cared for, but rather biped sheep which have to be regularly shorn at ap pointed seasons. Their complaints, therefore, fall on his ears pretty much as the pathetic bleating of the sheep at shearing-time may be supposed to fall on the unsympathetic ears of the wool - dealer's agent who superintends the operation, and who is responsible for the delivery of the full amount of wool contracted for. If his Excellency happens to be a man of a philosophical turn of mind, who likes to bring his conduct into harmony with abstract principles - or, rather to bring abstract principles into harmony with his conduct - he may plausibly adduce the raison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: D. Mackenzie Wallace Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780266495338 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 542
Book Description
Excerpt from Egypt and the Egyptian Question To understand such conduct on the part of a Mudir, English readers must be informed that the chief duty of a provincial Governor in Egypt is not to prevent injustice or to increase the well - being of the inhabit ants, but to collect the full amount of the taxes, and to avoid giving unnecessary trouble to his superiors. In his officially trained mind the fellaheen are not men and women with human feelings and civil rights who are to be protected and cared for, but rather biped sheep which have to be regularly shorn at ap pointed seasons. Their complaints, therefore, fall on his ears pretty much as the pathetic bleating of the sheep at shearing-time may be supposed to fall on the unsympathetic ears of the wool - dealer's agent who superintends the operation, and who is responsible for the delivery of the full amount of wool contracted for. If his Excellency happens to be a man of a philosophical turn of mind, who likes to bring his conduct into harmony with abstract principles - or, rather to bring abstract principles into harmony with his conduct - he may plausibly adduce the raison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Mika Waltari Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions ISBN: 1774642972 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 703
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First published in the 1940s and widely condemned as obscene, The Egyptian outsold every other American novel published that same year, and remains a classic; readers worldwide have testified to its life-changing power. It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely forgotten era in the world’s history: an Egypt when pharaohs contended with the near-collapse of history’s greatest empire. This epic tale encompasses the whole of the then-known world, from Babylon to Crete, from Thebes to Jerusalem, while centering around one unforgettable figure: Sinuhe, a man of mysterious origins who rises from the depths of degradation to get close to the Pharoah...
Author: Thomas Schneider Publisher: ISBN: 9780801452543 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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How well do we really know ancient Egypt? The world of the Egyptians seems strangely familiar to us: exhibitions of ancient art and archaeological discoveries in the desert sands continue to generate interest and amazement, while Egyptian motifs appear in architecture, literature, artworks, advertising, and film. Yet, this modern reception can sometimes preserve the myths and inaccuracies about ancient Egypt that derive from classical antiquity and the Renaissance. It is only in the past two hundred years that we have been able to read for ourselves ancient Egyptian texts and to reveal the true nature of its civilization through excavation. This modern discovery of ancient Egypt is now astonishing us with a culture of incomparable richness and remarkable diversity.In this book, the internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Thomas Schneider asks, "What are the 101 most important questions about ancient Egypt?" The questions he has chosen--and the answers he provides--challenge almost everything we thought we knew about the ancient civilization in the Nile valley. They range from the surprising ("Why did upper-class Egyptians never wear a beard?") to the profound ("Was ancient Egypt a culture of death?") and the provocative ("What do we not know about ancient Egypt?"). Schneider's answers will surprise, inspire, and challenge a wide range of readers. Ancient Egypt in 101 Questions and Answers provides a completely fresh way of looking at all aspects of ancient Egypt--from history, art, and everyday life to religion and ancient attitudes to death and the afterlife.
Author: George G. M. James Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1627930159 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 226
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For centuries the world has been misled about the original source of the Arts and Sciences; for centuries Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have been falsely idolized as models of intellectual greatness; and for centuries the African continent has been called the Dark Continent, because Europe coveted the honor of transmitting to the world, the Arts and Sciences. It is indeed surprising how, for centuries, the Greeks have been praised by the Western World for intellectual accomplishments which belong without a doubt to the Egyptians or the peoples of North Africa.
Author: William Matthew Flinders Petrie Publisher: Binker North ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 120
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The Religion of Ancient Egypt is a classic religious studies text by the great pioneering English egyptologist, W. M. Flinders Petrie. Before dealing with the special varieties of the Egyptians' belief in gods, it is best to try to avoid a misunderstanding of their whole conception of the supernatural. The term god has come to tacitly imply to our minds such a highly specialised group of attributes, that we can hardly throw our ideas back into the more remote conceptions to which we also attach the same name.
Author: Roger S. Bagnall Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400833787 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 128
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For the past hundred years, much has been written about the early editions of Christian texts discovered in the region that was once Roman Egypt. Scholars have cited these papyrus manuscripts--containing the Bible and other Christian works--as evidence of Christianity's presence in that historic area during the first three centuries AD. In Early Christian Books in Egypt, distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected, biased, and at odds with the realities of the ancient world. Providing a detailed picture of the social, economic, and intellectual climate in which these manuscripts were written and circulated, he reveals that the number of Christian books from this period is likely fewer than previously believed. Bagnall explains why papyrus manuscripts have routinely been dated too early, how the role of Christians in the history of the codex has been misrepresented, and how the place of books in ancient society has been misunderstood. The author offers a realistic reappraisal of the number of Christians in Egypt during early Christianity, and provides a thorough picture of the economics of book production during the period in order to determine the number of Christian papyri likely to have existed. Supporting a more conservative approach to dating surviving papyri, Bagnall examines the dramatic consequences of these findings for the historical understanding of the Christian church in Egypt.
Author: Augustus Le Plongeon Publisher: ISBN: 9780893144180 Category : Egypt Languages : en Pages : 0
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The premise for this book is best summarized in the words of its author, who writes: "Plutarch, in his Life of Solon, informs us that Psenophis and Sonchis -- one a priest of Heliopolis, and the other of Sais -- told the Athenian legislator that 9,000 years before his visit to Egypt, on account of the submergence of the Island of Atlantis (Land of Mu of the Mayas) all communications had been interrupted with the Western countries. If the Egyptians learned the art of writing from the Mayas, as no doubt they did, it must have been in times anterior to the cataclysm. In this we would find the explanation of why identical characters are being found on the most ancient monuments of Egypt and those of Mayach, having the same meaning and containing the relation of the same cosmogonical traditions."
Author: D. Mackenzie Wallace
Author: D. Mackenzie Wallace
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