Contents
preface
chronological table
map of ancient egypt
1. Opening Up the Path: How Complex Societies Rise and Fail
2. The River Nile and Egyptian History
3. The Pharaohs and the Rising State
4. The Foundation of the Empire
5. The Empire of the Sun God
6. The Sun at Its Zenith
7. Kings and Kinglets
8. The Land Turned Like the Potter’s Wheel
notes
bibliography
