Prologue | Ancient Egypt and Papyrus, the Eternal Marriage |
PART I |
Ancient Heritage |
1 |
First Encounter |
2 |
Nature’s Bounty |
3 |
Papyrus Boats, the Pride of Ancient Egypt |
4 |
Rope, the Workhorse of Ancient Egypt |
5 |
Papyrus Paper, in All the Offices of the World |
PART II |
When Swamps Are More than Just Wet Places |
6 |
The Floating World |
7 |
The Other Marsh Men, an African Perspective |
8 |
Sacred Swamps and Temples of Immortality |
9 |
The Field of Reeds as a Way of Life |
10 |
Swamps Are the Future |
11 |
Sarah Starts a War |
12 |
The Revenge of the Sacred Sedge |
PART III |
Papyrus Swamps, the Last Frontier |
13 |
The Congo, Economic Miracle or Pit of Despair |
14 |
A Tragic Irony |
15 |
The Battle for Lake Victoria |
16 |
War Along the Nile |
17 |
It Takes an Army to Save the Sudd |
18 |
Blood Roses, Papyrus, and the New Scramble for Africa |
19 |
The Zambezi, the Victorians, and Papyrus |
20 |
An Unwanted Legacy |
21 |
The Okavango, Miracle of the Kalahari |
22 |
Papyrus Blooms Again in the Holy Land |
23 |
The Rift Valley, a Safe Haven for Birds |
24 |
The Egyptian Solution |
25 |
2050, The New Delta |
26 |
Conclusion |
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Further Reading |
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Acknowledgments |
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Endnotes |
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Index |
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Illustrations |