392 pages 23 cm

Translation of Das Alte Aegypten

Includes bibliographical references (page 349) and index

Part one : general considerations -- I. The valley of the Nile and its settlement -- Part two : the topographical framework of Egyptian civilization -- II. The countryside : the Nile and the seasons ; Irrigation and soil ; Property and usufruct ; Farming and horticulture ; Domestic animals -- III. The Nile and Egyptian civilization : the Nile as a means of transport ; Shipbuilding and ports -- IV. The desert and Egyptian civilization : The eastern desert ; Caravan routes in the west -- the Libyan oases -- V. Raw materials and foreign relations -- Part three : cities and districts -- VI. Memphis and Helopolis -- VII. The Delta : fortresses and harbours (Sile, Tanis and Naucratis) -- VIII. Heracleopolis and the Fayum -- IX. Abydos, a sacred city -- X. Thebes, capital of the empire -- XI. Amarna, the horizon of Aten -- XII. The frontier region -- Aswan, Elephantine and Philae -- XIII. Napata, the most southerly town of the empire

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