Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700 (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700 A comprehensive portrayal of Egypt from the fourth to the seventh centuries, first published in 2007.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 29 January 2010
- Format: Paperback 482 pages
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- Categories: African History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Medieval History | Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology
- ISBN 13: 9780521145879 ISBN 10: 0521145872
- Sales rank: 850,604
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Full description for Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700
Egypt in the period from the reign of the emperor Constantine to the Arab conquest was both a vital part of the Late Roman and Byzantine world, participating fully in the culture of its wider Mediterranean society, and a distinctive milieu, launched on a path to developing the Coptic Christian culture that we see fully only after the end of Byzantine rule. This 2007 book is the first comprehensive survey of Egypt to treat this entire period including the first half-century of Arab rule. Twenty-one renowned specialists present the history, society, economy, culture, religious institutions, art and architecture of the period. Topics covered range from elite literature to mummification and from monks to Alexandrian scholars. A full range of Egypt's uniquely rich source materials - literature, papyrus documents, letters, and archaeological remains - gives exceptional depth and vividness to this portrait of a society, and recent archaeological discoveries are described and illustrated.
