Description
This course will provide members with a historical and archaeological overview of Egypt from the late Neolithic to the Greco-Roman Period. The instructor will address the major social, political, economic, and religious developments that shaped the Nile Valley and surrounding cultures for three millennia. Topics covered will include: state formation, the age of pyramid building, culture and literature, rise of imperial Egypt, the tomb of Tutankhamun, and the reigns of Hatshepsut, Thutmoses III, Akhenaten, Ramesses the Great, Alexander the Great, and many more.
