The Greatest Empires & Civilizations of the Ancient East: Egypt, Babylon, The Kings of Israel and Judah, Assyria, Media, Chaldea, Persia, Parthia & Sasanian Empire. George Rawlinson

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Egypt

       Table of Contents

       I. The Land of Egypt.

       II. The People of Egypt.

       III. The Dawn of History.

       IV. The Pyramid Builders.

       V. The Rise of Thebes to Power, and the Early Theban Kings.

       VI. The Good Amenemhat and His Works.

       VII. Abraham in Egypt.

       VIII. The Great Invasion—The Hyksôs or Shepherd Kings—Joseph and Apepi.

       IX. How the Hyksôs were Expelled from Egypt.

       X. Thothmes I., The First Great Egyptian Conqueror.

       XI. Queen Hatasu and Her Merchant Fleet.

       XII. Thothmes the Third and Amenhotep the Second.

       XIII. Amenhotep III. And His Great Works—The Vocal Memnon.

       XIV. Khuenaten and the Disk-Worshippers.

       XV. Beginning of the Decline of Egypt.

       XVI. Menephthah I., The Pharaoh of the Exodus.

       XVII. The Decline of Egypt Under the Later Ramessides.

       XVIII. The Priest-Kings—Pinetem and Solomon.

       XIX. Shishak and His Dynasty.

       XX. The Land Shadowing With Wings—Egypt Under the Ethiopians

       XXI. The Fight Over the Carcase—Ethiopia v. Assyria.

       XXII. The Corpse Comes to Life Again—Psamatik I. and His Son Neco.

       XXIII. The Later Saïte Kings.—Psamatik II., Apries, and Amasis.

       XXIV. The Persian Conquest.

       XXV. Three Desperate Revolts.

       XXVI. A Last Gleam of Sunshine—Nectanebo I.

       XXVII. The Light Goes Out in Darkness.