Papyrus: the plant that changed the world - from ancient Egypt to today's water wars
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At the center ofthe most vital human-plant relationship in ïr
mftoiy, papyrus evokes the mysteries of the ancient world while
to the world’s wetlands and atmospheric stability
From ancient pharaohs to twenty-first century water wars, papyrus is a unique
plant that is still one ofthe fastest growing plant species on earth. It produces its
own “soil”—a peaty matrix that floats on water—and its sterns inspired the fluted
columns of the ancient Greeks. In ancient Egypt, the papyrus bounty from the
Nile Delta provided not just paper for record keeping—instrumental to the
development of civilization—but food, fuel and boats.
Disastrous weather in the sixth century caused famines and plagues that
almost wiped out civilization in the west, but it was papyrus paper in scrolls and
codices that kept the record of our early days and allowed the thread of history
to remain unbroken. The sworn enemy of oblivion and the guardian of our
immortality, it came to our rescue then and wil again.
Today, papyrus is not just a curious relic of our ancient past, but a rescuing
force for modern ecological and societal blMit*
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CONTENTS
Ancient Egypt and Papyrus, the Eternal Marriage
Ancient Heritage
First Encounter
Nature’s Bounty
Papyrus Boats, the Pride of Ancient Egypt
Rope, the Workhorse of Ancient Egypt
Papyrus Paper, in All the Offices of the World
When Swamps Are More than Just Wet Places
The Floating World
The Other Marsh Men, an African Perspective
Sacred Swamps and Temples of Immortality
The Field of Reeds as a Way of Life
Swamps Are the Future
Sarah Starts a War
The Revenge of the Sacred Sedge
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Papyrus Swamps, the Last Frontier
The Congo, Economic Miracle or Pit of Despair
A Tragic Irony
The Battle for Lake Victoria
War Along the Kile
It Takes an Army to Save the Sudd
Blood Roses, Papyrus, and the New Scramble for Africa
The Zambezi, the Victorians, and Papyrus
An Unwanted Legacy
The Okavango, Miracle of the Kalahari
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Papyrus Blooms Again in the Holy Land
The Rift Valley, a Safe Haven for Birds
The Egyptian Solution
2050, The New Delta
Conclusion
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Index
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