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History of Egypt

by Frederick C. H. WENDEL (1850 - )

The Old Empire

The history of Egypt from the earliest times to the conquest by Alexander the Great, covering the development of Egyptian civilization: science, religion, art, language and literature. This book is written for the interested layperson, requiring no prior knowledge of Egypt, and in approachable everyday language. (Summary by Beth Thomas)

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Listen next episodes of History of Egypt:
From the Persian Conquest to the Invasion of Alexander the Great, Part 2 , From the 7th Dynasty to the close of the 12th , From the Expulsion of the Hyksos to the close of the 18th Dynasty , From the Persian Conquest to the Invasion of Alexander the Great, Part 1 , The 19th Dynasty , The 26th Dynasty - The Egyptian Renaissance , The Aethiopians and Assyrians in Egypt , The Close of the New Empire and the Period of Decline , The Decline of the Egyptian Kingdom and the Hyksos Domination