NMC101H1 Final: NMC 344 Final Exam Study Notes
9 Apr 2014
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Best written sources of egyptian history, manetho. Greek writing a history of egypt for greek audiences. His history only survives for us in excerpts quoted by other authors: herodotus. Interested in learning about the culture: palermo stone. Written to record the level of the nile and taxation rates: but also records king and important event of the year, turin canon. Very illegible got mangled during transport after discovery. Lists king in order, in dynasties, and gives lengths of each reign. Composed in 19th dynasty: kings lists. From the 19th dynasty: gives list of rulers in chronological order up to the 19th dynasty. Leaves out significant rulers that were not seen as legitimate. Includes: abydos kinglist, saqqara tablet and table of karnak: annals and daybooks. Come from cases where original papyrus texts were recopied in stone temples. Lower nubia called wawat by the egyptians, starts at the first. Another culture in the lower nubian region at the same time: c-group culture.
