Table of Contents

Part 1 The formative period: from prehistory to history; religion and history; the Thinite period. Part 2 The Classical Age: the old kingdom; funerary ideas; the struggle for power; the middle kingdom; the invasion, Part 3 The Empire: The Tuthmosids; Akhenaten; the ramessid period; the domain of Amun. Part 4 The final phase: the third intermediate period; Nubians and Saites; Persians and Greeks.