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Complex Systems and Human Freedom
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) Perhaps the last great project of the traditional Enlightenment was the 20th century effort…
Environmentalism: Private or Public Morality?
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) Democratic systems of governance, especially those that guarantee true freedom of speech and religion,…
The Commoditization of Nature
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) One of the most famous lines of The Communist Manifesto is Marx and Engle's…
Earth Systems Engineering
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) To start with the big picture, it is important to recognize the systemic meaning…
Marx, Environment and Complexity
by Dr. Braden Allenby, AT&T EH&S Vice President (Reprinted with permission from the Green Business Letter) Some people may wonder why this column, written by an industry person, refers so…
1st Dynasty (2920 – 2770 BC)
First Dynasty Egypt's 1st Dynasty saw the emergence of a unified land stretching from the Delta to the first cataract at Aswan, a distance of over one thousand kilometers along…
2nd Dynasty (2770 – 2650 BC)
Second Dynasty Manetho's SECOND DYNASTY of nine kings from Thinis presents even more intractable problems than its predecessor. Four of the Manethonian names are recognizable, despite grave distortion, in the…
3rd Dynasty (2650 – 2575 BC)
Third Dynasty The Third Dynasty, which with the next three dynasties constitutes the Old Kingdom, is characterized by the grand line of pyramids running along the western desert from near…
4th Dynasty (2575 – 2467 BC)
Fourth Dynasty Of contemporary remains of Dynasty III, there is nothing more to record save some blocks of a temple built by Djoser at Heliopolis, so that we may now…
5th Dynasty (2465 – 2323 BC)
Fifth Dynasty Whatever the origin of the Fifth Dynasty, there can be no doubt as to its changed and highly individual character. According to the tale, Reddjede's eldest son was…
6th Dynasty (2323 – 2152 BC)
Sixth Dynasty After Wenis the Turin Canon inserted a total of all the years from the accession of Menes down to that reign. The number is unfortunately lost, but the…
First Intermediate Period (7th – 11th Dynasties) (2150 -1986 BC)
First Intermediate Period In the First Intermediate Period as the age separating Dynasty VI and XII is called, Manetho, or rather the Manetho known to us from the chronicles of…
11th Dynasty (1986 – 1937 BC)
Eleventh Dynasty Nothing very definite is known about the campaigns in which Menthotpe I regained the Double Crown, and so put an end to the internal anarchy which had finally…
12th Dynasty (1937 – 1759 BC)
Twelfth Dynasty At the close of Menthotpe I's glorious reign nothing seemed to suggest that the power of his family was nearing its end. Yet so it was. The Turin…
Second Intermediate Period (13th – 17th Dynasties) (1759 – 1539 BC)
Second Intermediate Period Since the passage of Time shows no break in continuity, nothing but some momentous event or sequence of events can justify a particular reign being regarded as…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.4
Eighteenth Dynasty For the transition to the reign of Amenophis IV the letters from Tushratta are doubtless our best authority. In that to Queen Tiye it is clearly implied that…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.3
Eighteenth Dynasty To deal adequately with Tuthmosis III's military successes would demand much more space than has been devoted to them. Also we must pass over the far less interesting…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.2
Eighteenth Dynasty If disproportionate space seem here to have been devoted to a single dynastic problem, the excuse must be firstly the importance of the two great personages who now…
18th Dynasty (1539 – 1295 BC) Part.1
Eighteenth Dynasty Details of the fall of Avaris are given in an inscription engraved on the wall of a tomb at El-Kab belonging to a warrior named 'Ahmose, Son of…
19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC) Part.3
Nineteenth Dynasty That for Egypt herself the reign of Ramesses II was a period of great prosperity cannot be doubted. Monuments of the period, dated and undated, are very numerous,…