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Contents: INTRODUCTION -- THE STORY OF EGYPT -- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE -- MAPS AND PLANS

Includes indexes. ; "A condensation and abridgement of the author's [A history of Egypt from the earliest times to the Persian conquest]"--Pref. ; Bibliography: p. 444-452. ; The land of the Egyptians -- Preliminary survey, chronology and documentary sources -- Earliest Egypt -- Early religion -- The old kingdom : government and society, industry and art -- The pyramid builders -- The sixth dynasty : the decline of the old kingdom -- The decline of the North and the rise of Thebes -- The middle kingdom or the feudal age state, society, and religion -- The twelfth dynasty -- The fall of the middle kingdom ; The Hyksos -- The expulsion of the Hyksos and the triumph of Thebes -- The new state : society and religion -- The consolidation of the kingdom ; the rise of the empire -- The feud of the Thutmosids and the reign of Queen Hatshepsut -- The consolidation of the empire : the wars of Thutmose III -- The empire at its height -- The religious revolution of Ikhnaton -- The fall of Ikhnaton and the dissolution of the empire -- The triumph of Amon and the reorganization of the empire -- The wars of Ramses II -- The empire of Ramses II -- The final decline of the empire : Merneptah and Ramses III -- The fall of the empire -- Priests and mercenaries : the supremacy of the Libyans -- The Ethiopian supremacy and the triumph of Assyria -- The restoration -- The final struggles : Babylon and Persia. ; Mode of access: Internet.