A History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest

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.

Author: James Henry Breasted
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/19/2016
Pages: 808
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.57lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.79d
ISBN13: 9781108082426
ISBN10: 1108082424
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Egypt
- Social Science | Archaeology