A History of Egypt
From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest
Published on 19. February 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
808 pages
978-1-108-08242-6 (ISBN)
Description
The American archaeologist James H. Breasted (1865-1935) published this history in 1906. His intention was to create a one-volume work which would be suitable for the increasing number of tourists visiting the Nile valley, for those interested in the rise of Greek and Roman civilisation, and for students of the Old Testament. Drawing on Breasted's own four-volume Records of Egypt, which contains fresh readings and translations of almost all of the ancient Egyptian historical inscriptions available at the time, the book follows the conventional chronology from 'earliest Egypt' to the Old Kingdom and 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', invasions by Libyans and Nubians, and the Persian conquest after the battle of Pelusium in 525 BCE. The book contains nearly 200 photographs and drawings.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Plates, color; 72 Plates, black and white; 13 Maps; 37 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 47 mm
Weight
1288 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-08242-6 (9781108082426)
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Content
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.