{"product_id":"2940012009395","title":"HISTORY OF EGYPT. CHALDAEA, SYRIA,BABYLONIA, AND ASSYRIA","description":"PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present volume contains an account of the most important additions\u003cbr\u003ewhich have been made to our knowledge of the ancient history of Egypt\u003cbr\u003eand Western Asia during the few years which have elapsed since the\u003cbr\u003epublication of Prof. Maspero's _Histoire Ancienne des Peuples de\u003cbr\u003el'Orient Classique_, and includes short descriptions of the excavations\u003cbr\u003efrom which these results have been obtained. It is in no sense a\u003cbr\u003econnected and continuous history of these countries, for that has\u003cbr\u003ealready been written by Prof. Maspero, but is rather intended as an\u003cbr\u003eappendix or addendum to his work, briefly recapitulating and describing\u003cbr\u003ethe discoveries made since its appearance. On this account we\u003cbr\u003ehave followed a geographical rather than a chronological system of\u003cbr\u003earrangement, but at the same time the attempt has been made to suggest\u003cbr\u003eto the mind of the reader the historical sequence of events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt no period have excavations been pursued with more energy and\u003cbr\u003eactivity, both in Egypt and Western Asia, than at the present time, and\u003cbr\u003eevery season's work obliges us to modify former theories, and extends\u003cbr\u003eour knowledge of periods of history which even ten years ago were\u003cbr\u003eunknown to the historian. For instance, a whole chapter has been added\u003cbr\u003eto Egyptian history by the discovery of the Neolithic culture of the\u003cbr\u003eprimitive Egyptians, while the recent excavations at Susa are revealing\u003cbr\u003ea hitherto totally unsuspected epoch of proto-Elamite civilization.\u003cbr\u003eFurther than this, we have discovered the relics of the oldest\u003cbr\u003ehistorical kings of Egypt, and we are now enabled to reconstitute from\u003cbr\u003ematerial as yet unpublished the inter-relations of the early dynasties\u003cbr\u003eof Babylon. Important discoveries have also been made with regard to\u003cbr\u003eisolated points in the later historical periods. We have therefore\u003cbr\u003eattempted to include the most important of these in our survey of recent\u003cbr\u003eexcavations and their results. We would again remind the reader that\u003cbr\u003eProf. Maspero's great work must be consulted for the complete history of\u003cbr\u003ethe period, the present volume being, not a connected history of Egypt\u003cbr\u003eand Western Asia, but a description and discussion of the manner in\u003cbr\u003ewhich recent discovery and research have added to and modified our\u003cbr\u003econceptions of ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Discovery of Prehistoric Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. Abydos and the First Three Dynasties\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. Memphis and the Pyramids\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. Recent Excavations in Western Asia and the Dawn of Chaldæan History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. Elam and Babylon, the Country of the Sea and the Kassites\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI. Early Babylonian Life and Customs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII. Temples and Tombs of Thebes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires in the Light of Recent\u003cbr\u003eResearch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX. The Last Days of Ancient Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_In the Light of Recent Excavation and Research_","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081035202800,"sku":"2940012009395","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012009395_p0.jpg?v=1763552014","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012009395","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}