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Klappentext This highly illustrated 1906 work presents a history of Egypt from earliest times to the Persian conquest in 525 BCE. Zusammenfassung This highly illustrated 1906 work follows the conventional chronology from the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom! characterised as a 'feudal age'! the intermediate period of the Hyksos! and the New Kingdom! described here as 'the Empire'. The account ends with 'the Decadence' and the Persian conquest in 525 BCE. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. The land; 2. Preliminary survey, chronology and documentary sources; 3. Earliest Egypt; Part II. The Old Kingdom: 4. Early religion; 5. The Old Kingdom; 6. The pyramid builders; 7. The sixth dynasty; Part III. The Middle Kingdom: 8. The decline of the north and the rise of Thebes; 9. The Middle Kingdom; 10. The twelfth dynasty; Part IV. The Hyksos: 11. The fall of the Middle Kingdom; 12. The expulsion of the Hyksos; Part V. The Empire: First Period: 13. The new state; 14. The consolidation of the kingdom; 15. The feud of the Thutmosids and the reign of Hatshepsut; 16. The consolidation of the empire; 17. The empire; 18. The religious revolution of Ikhnaton; 19. The fall of Ikhnaton and the dissolution of the empire; Part VI. The Empire: Second Period: 20. The triumph of Amon and the reorganization of the empire; 21. The wars of Ramses II; 22. The empire of Ramses II; 23. The final decline of the empire; Part VII. The Decadence: 24. The fall of the empire; 25. Priests and mercenaries; 26. The Ethiopian supremacy and the triumph of Assyria; Part VIII. The Restoration and the End: 27. The restoration; 28. The final struggles; Chronological table of kings; Index.
