A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest
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Introduction. The land; Preliminary survey, chronology & documentary sources; Earliest Egypt
The Old Kingdom. Early religion; The Old Kingdom: government & society, industry & art; The pyramid builders; The sixth dynasty: the decline of the Old Kingdom
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The Middle Kingdom: the feudal age. The decline of the North & the rise of Thebes; The Middle Kingdom, the feudal age: state, society & religion; The twelfth dynasty
The Hyksos: the rise of the empire. The fall of the Middle Kingdom: the Hyksos; The expulsion of the Hyksos & the triumph of Thebes
The empire: first period. The new state: society & religion; The consolidation of the kingdom: the rise of the empire; The feud of the Thutmosids & the reign of Hatshepsut; The consolidation of the empire: Thutmose III; The empire; The religious revolution of Ikhnaton; The fall of Ikhnaton & the dissolution of the empire
The empire: second period. The triumph of Amon & the reorganization of the empire; The wars of Ramses II; The empire of Ramses II; The final decline of the empire: Merneptah & Ramses III
The decadence. The fall of the empire; Priests & mercenaries: the supremacy of the Libyans; The Ethiopian supremacy & the triumph of Assyria
The restoration & the end. The restoration; The final struggles: Babylon & Persia
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