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Title: The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: Civilization
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ER V THE MEMPHITE EMPIRE. IAOR The Eoyal Pyramid Builders : Kheops, Khephren, Mykerinos—MemphiteLiterature and Art—Extension of Egypt towards the South, andthe Conquest of Nubia by the Pharaohs ... ... ... ... 34 7 CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST THEBAN EMPIRE. The Two Heracleopolitan Dynasties and the Twelfth Dynasty—TheConquest of ^Ethiopia, and the making of Greater Egypt by theTheban Kings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 445 CHAPTER VII. ANCIENT CHALD/EA, The Creation, the Deluge, the History of the Gods—The Country, its Cities, its Inhabitants, its Early Dynasties ... ... ... 537 CHAPTER VIII. THE TEMPLES AND THE GODS OF CHALD/EA. The Construction and Eevenues of the Temples—Popular Gods and Theo-logical Triads—The Dead and Hades ... ... ... ... 623 CHAPTER IX. CHALDEAN CIVILIZATION. Royalty—The Constitution of the Family and its Property—Chaldean Commerce and Industry ... ... ... ... ... ... 703 APPENDIX. The Pharaohs of the Ancient and Middle Empires ... ... ... 785 Index 791
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THE NILE AND EGYPT. THE RIVER AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY—THE OLDEST INHABITANTS OF THE LAND—THE FIRST POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OFTHE VALLEY. The Delta : its gradual formation, its structure, its canals—The valley of J^yypi—The twoarms of the river— The Eastern Nile—The appearance of its banks—The hills—The gorge ofGebel Silsileh—The cataracts : the falls of Aswan—Nubia—The rapids of Wâdy Halfah—TheTakazze—The Blue Nile and the WJiite Nile. The sources of the Nile—The Egyptian cosmography—The four pillars and the fourupholding mountains—The celestial Nile the source of the terrestrial Nile—The Southern Seaand the islands of Spirits—The tears of Isis—The rise of the Nile—The Green Nile and theRed Nile—The opening of the dykes—The fall of the Nile—The river at its lowest ebb. The alluvial deposits and the effects of the inundation upon the soil of Egy2)t—Paucity ofthe flora : aquatic plants, the

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