Part I Introduction 1. Egyptology and the Early Dynastic period 2. Birth of a nation state 3. Historical outline Part II 4. Administration 5. Foreign relations 6. Kingship 7. Royal mortuary architecture 8. Cults and shrines Part III 9. The rise of urbanism 10. The regions of Egypt Epilogue.
Toby A.H. Wilkinson
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reputation for himself as a scholar of formidable talent and
productivity.' - Bruce G. Trigger, Chronique d'Egypte
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