Egyptian / Film Ideas ; produced by Flashback Video Productions ; Curt Stocker, producer.
Title:
Egyptian / Film Ideas ; produced by Flashback Video Productions ; Curt Stocker, producer.
Publication Information:
Wheeling, IL : Film Ideas Inc., 2006.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Public performance rights.
Special features include: study guides; list of recommended web sites.
DVD.
Contents:
pt. 1. Stone Age to Middle Kingdom -- pt. 2. New Kingdom to Modern Day.
Summary:
Offers a discussion of the Egyptian civilization, from early man to the present day. Topics considered in part 1 include early man in Egypt, development of heiroglyphics and the Egyptian calendar, Pre- and Early Dynastic periods, The Old Kingdom and its great pyramids, and the Middle Kingdom, its rulers and invasions. Topics considered in part 2 include, The New Kingdom, The Late Period with its foreign invasions and commercial expansions, The Ptolemic Period and the surrender to Alexander the Great, the rule of Cleopatra, attack by Napoleon in 1798, and the building of the Suez Canal and Aswan High Dam in the 20th century.
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Language Note:
Soundtrack: English; optional subtitles in English.
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Series Sequence:
Performer:
Narrator: Rich Garcia.
Production Credits:
Executive producer, Bunnie Strassner ; script writer, Curt Stocker ; editors, Bud Leonard, Brian Jones.
OCLC Number:
ocm54087459
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1