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Index
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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
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Index
Illustrations
Copyright
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