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The Nile and Its Masters: Past, Present, Future: Source of Hope and Anger

Autor Jean Kerisel
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2001
The Pharoahs were masters of the Nile: they had a detailed understanding of the ways of the river.  Modern Egyptians see themselves as heirs to this tradition, and as owners of the Nile waters.   In the 1960's,  Egypt decided to protect its increasingly-populated Nile valley from the ravages of annual flooding by building a dam. A relatively small dam in the valley of Nubia, in the region of Tushka, would have enabled the excess floodwaters to safely be diverted towards the fossil valley of the pre-Nile. However, it was decided to select a site near Aswan, making it necessary to inundate more than 250km of river valley. Over the years, this strategy has been revealed to have been faulty, and numerous irrigation schemes in  upriver countries have progressively reduced the amount of water descending into Egypt. The dire warning of the 14th century oracle appears to be prophetic: "the water of the river in my country will be stopped from reaching yours, which I shall cause to die of thirst..."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789058093431
ISBN-10: 9058093433
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press

Cuprins

PART 1 CHAPTER 1-THE NILE, AN ANCESTRAL WATERWAY, CHAPTER 2 -THE AGE OF THE PHARAOHS: THEIR SUBTLE UNDERSTANDING OF WATER, PART 2 CHAPTER 3 -THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: PERSISTENCE OF THE PHARAONIC DREAM, CHAPTER 4- EGYPT IN MODERN TIMES, CHAPTER 4- EGYPT IN MODERN TIMES

Notă biografică

Jean Kerisel (Author) Emeritus Proffessor, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussces, Paris

Descriere

Covering a range of peoples across the ages, this text explores masters of the Nile from the pharaohs to the modern-day Egyptians and beyond.