When Egypt Ruled the East
Revised
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When Egypt Ruled the East
Revised
A groundbreaking account of Ancient Egyptian culture and history that set the standard for the field
When Egypt Ruled the West was originally published in 1942, and it immediately became the standard account of the history and culture of Ancient Egypt. Drawing on then-new archaeological evidence, George Steindorff told the fascinating story of a splendid culture that flourished thirty-five hundred years ago in the empire on the Nile: Kings and conquests, gods and heroes, beautiful art, sculpture, poetry, architecture, and more. Richly illustrated and written to be accessible to ordinary readers who want to learn more about Ancient Egypt, the book was revised and updated in 1957 by Keith C. Steele to take account of new discoveries and interpretations. Decades later, When Egypt Ruled the West remains a foundational work of the study of the region, its people, and its culture.
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
I. How the Lost Key to Ancient Egypt Was Found Again
II. The Old and Middle Kingdoms
III. The Hyksos
IV. The War of Liberation
V. The Rise of the Golden Age
VI. Western Asia in the Middle of the Second Millennium B.C.
VII. The Conquests of Thutmose III
VIII. The Golden Age: The Successors of Thutmose III
IX. The King and the Administration in the Golden Age
X. The Outside World
XI. The Egyptian Hieroglyphs
XII. The Egyptian Religion
XIII. The Art of the Egyptians
IX. Amenhotep IV-Akhnaton and the Reformation
XV. Tutankhamun and the Close of the Eighteenth Dynasty
XVI. The Age of the Ramessids
XVII. The Decline and Loss of Egyptian Independence
Outline of Egyptian History
Index of Divinities, Persons, and Peoples
Index of Places
General Index
I. How the Lost Key to Ancient Egypt Was Found Again
II. The Old and Middle Kingdoms
III. The Hyksos
IV. The War of Liberation
V. The Rise of the Golden Age
VI. Western Asia in the Middle of the Second Millennium B.C.
VII. The Conquests of Thutmose III
VIII. The Golden Age: The Successors of Thutmose III
IX. The King and the Administration in the Golden Age
X. The Outside World
XI. The Egyptian Hieroglyphs
XII. The Egyptian Religion
XIII. The Art of the Egyptians
IX. Amenhotep IV-Akhnaton and the Reformation
XV. Tutankhamun and the Close of the Eighteenth Dynasty
XVI. The Age of the Ramessids
XVII. The Decline and Loss of Egyptian Independence
Outline of Egyptian History
Index of Divinities, Persons, and Peoples
Index of Places
General Index