Acknowledgements | |
Preface | |
Chronological Table | |
Map of Egypt | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Periods | |
Predynastic Egypt (4000-3200 B.C.) | p. 8 |
Dynasties I-II (3200-2780 B.C.) | p. 16 |
The Old Kingdom | |
Dynasty III (2780-2680 B.C.) | p. 26 |
Dynasty IV (2680-2565 B.C.) | p. 37 |
Dynasty V (2565-2420 B.C.) | p. 62 |
Dynasty VI (2420-2258 B.C.) | p. 74 |
The Growth of the Middle Kingdom and its Collapse | |
The First Intermediate Period: Dynasties VII-X (2258-2052 B.C.) | p. 80 |
Dynasty XI (2134-1991 B.C.) | p. 85 |
Dynasty XII (1991-1786 B.C.) | p. 91 |
The Minor Arts and Foreign Relations of the Middle Kingdom | p. 113 |
The Second Intermediate Period: Dynasties XIII-XVII (1786-1570 B.C.) | p. 120 |
The New Kingdom | |
The Early Eighteenth Dynasty: Ahmose-Tuthmosis III (1570-1450 B.C.) | p. 126 |
The Height of the Eighteenth Dynasty: Amenhotep II-Amenhotep III (1450-1372 B.C.) | p. 146 |
The Palace of Amenhotep III and New Kingdom Domestic Architecture | p. 159 |
The Change to Amarna | p. 170 |
The Amarna Period (1372-1350 B.C.) | p. 181 |
The Post-Amarna Period (1350-1314 B.C.) | p. 195 |
The Ramesside Period: Dynasties XIX-XX (1314-1085 B.C.) | p. 208 |
The Later Periods | |
The Period of Decline: Dynasties XXI-XXII (1085-730 B.C.) | p. 226 |
The Kushite and Saite Revival and the End of Dynastic Egypt (730-332 B.C.) | p. 232 |
Abbreviations | p. 252 |
Notes | p. 253 |
Bibliography | p. 278 |
Index | p. 291 |
Photographic Acknowledgements | p. 297 |
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