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100	1		_aDodson, Aidan, _d1962-
245	1	0	_aPoisoned legacy : _bthe decline and fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty / _cAidan Dodson.
246	1		_iTitle on jacket: _aPoisoned legacy, the fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty
260			_aCairo ; _aNew York : _bAmerican University in Cairo Press, _c2010.
300			_axxvi, 196 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"After the death of Rameses II, the Nineteenth Dynasty soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II's promotion of a concept of a wider 'royal family' may have sown the seeds for the conflict among their descendants. Aidan Dodson explores the mysteries of the origins of the usurper-king Amenmeses and the career of the 'king-maker' of the period, the chancellor Bay. Having helped to install at least one pharaoh on the throne, Bay's life was ended by his abrupt execution, ordered by the woman with whom he had shared the regency of Egypt for the young and disabled King Siptah. Finally, the author considers how that woman, Towosret, became the last true female pharaoh, and how she finally lost her throne to the founder of the Twentieth Dynasty, Sethnakhte."--Jacket.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-185) and index.
600	0	0	_aMerneptah, _cKing of Egypt.
600	0	0	_aTausert, _cQueen, consort of Seti II, King of Egypt, _dactive approximately 1187 B.C.-1185 B.C.
650		0	_aPharaohs _xHistory.
650		0	_aKings and rulers _xSuccession.
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _yNineteenth dynasty, ca. 1320-1200 B.C.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011280920-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011280920-d.html
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