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 |
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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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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 |