Cities of the Ancient World. Episode 6, Kahun - Company Town in the Desert.

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FilmPublisher number: 6715082 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2014Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

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computer

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online resource

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History, Ancient

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Education films.

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Steven L. TuckSummary: Enter the world of ancient Egypt during the peaceful era of the Middle Kingdom. Here in the desert, paid laborers built tombs and temples for the pharaohs. To house the laborers, the Egyptians built Kahun, a planned city whose walls and layout reinforced the system of social class and served as a means of control over the population.

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Steven L. Tuck

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Enter the world of ancient Egypt during the peaceful era of the Middle Kingdom. Here in the desert, paid laborers built tombs and temples for the pharaohs. To house the laborers, the Egyptians built Kahun, a planned city whose walls and layout reinforced the system of social class and served as a means of control over the population.

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