Ancient Egypt Booklist

World History > Early Civilization > Ancient Egypt (3100-30 BCE)

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BCE (according to conventional Egyptian chronology) with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes (often identified with Narmer). The history of ancient Egypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms, separated by periods of relative instability known as Intermediate Periods: the Old Kingdom of the Early Bronze Age, the Middle Kingdom of the Middle Bronze Age and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age.

Egypt reached the pinnacle of its power in the New Kingdom, ruling much of Nubia and a sizable portion of the Near East, after which it entered a period of slow decline. During the course of its history Egypt was invaded or conquered by a number of foreign powers, including the Hyksos, the Libyans, the Nubians, the Assyrians, the Achaemenid Persians, and the Macedonians under the command of Alexander the Great. The Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom, formed in the aftermath of Alexander's death, ruled Egypt until 30 BCE, when, under Cleopatra, it fell to the Roman Empire and became a Roman province.

In the fourth century, as the Roman Empire divided, Egypt found itself in the Eastern Empire with its capital at Constantinople. In the waning years of the Empire, Egypt fell to the Sasanian Persian army in the Sasanian conquest of Egypt (618–628 CE). It was then recaptured by the Roman Emperor Heraclius (629–639 CE), and was finally captured by Muslim Rashidun army in 639–641 CE, ending Roman rule.

Book recommendations pertaining to Ancient Egypt.

Book Title	Author	PubDate	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs	Williams, Marcia	2013	LE	Early Civilization	3200 BCE-400 CE	Africa	Egypt	Mythology Egyptian Gods	F M	PB
Hieroglyphs	Milton, Joyce	2000	LE	Early Civilization	3200 BCE-400 CE	Africa	Egypt	Hieroglyphs	NF	PB
Mummies Made in Egypt	Aliki	1997	LE MG	Early Civilization	2600 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	NF	PB
You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy	Stewart, David	2012	LE MG	Early Civilization	2600 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	NF	PB
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pyramid Builder	Morley, Jacqueline	2007	LE MG	Early Civilization	2589-2504 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Building Pyramids	NF	PB
Cat Mummies	Trumble, Kelly	1996	MG	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	NF	PB
Mummy Cat	Ewert, Marcus	2015	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	F	PB
Pyramid	Macaulay, David	1982	LE MG	Early Civilization	2470 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Building Pyramids	F	PB
Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself	Andronik, Catherine M.	2001	LE	Early Civilization	1508-1458 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Hatshepsut	NF	PB
The Woman Who Would Be King	Cooney, Kara	2014	YA A	Early Civilization	1508-1458 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Hatshepsut	NF	N
Mara, Daughter of the Nile	Jarvis McGraw, Eloise	1953	UMG YA	Early Civilization	1478-1458 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Hatshepsut	F	N
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt	Ryan, Donald P.	2022	YA A	Early Civilization	1414 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	NF	B
The Golden Goblet	Jarvis McGraw, Eloise	1961	UMG YA	Early Civilization	1400 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	F	N
Nefertiti	Moran, Michelle	2007	YA A	Early Civilization	1351-1335 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Nefertiti	F Bio	N
Tutankhamen's Gift	Sabuda, Robert	1994	LE	Early Civilization	1342-1325 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Tutankhamen	F	PB
You Wouldn't Want to Be Tutankhamen	Stewart, David	2017	LE MG	Early Civilization	1342-1325 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Tutankhamen	NF	PB
The Heretic Queen	Moran, Michelle	2008	YA A	Early Civilization	1283-1278 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Nefertari	F Bio	N
Ancient Egypt: An Interactive History Adventure	Adamson, Heather	2016	MG	Early Civilization	305-30 BCE	Europe	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	NF	CB
The Memoirs of Cleopatra	George, Margaret	1997	A	Early Civilization	69-30 BCE	Egypt	Egypt	Cleopatra	F Bio OV	N
Cleopatra	Stanley, Diane	1997	LE MG	Early Civilization	51–30 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Cleopatra	NF Bio	PB
Cleopatra's Daughter	Moran, Michelle	2009	YA A	Early Civilization	30-5 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Cleopatra Selene II	F Bio	N
The Egyptian Cinderella	Climo, Shirley	1989	LE	Early Civilization	7 BCE-24 CE	Africa	Egypt	Egyptian Tales	F	PB
Bill and Pete go Down the Nile	DePaola, Tomie	1987	LE	Early Civilization	1987	Africa	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	F HF	PB

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+)	NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir