This is an account of the Egyptians from the first settlers in the Nile Valley through to the present day. Egypt has the longest, continuous, known history of any country in the world.
List of Plates. List of Maps. Series Editora s Preface. Glossary. A Note on Transliteration. The Egyptians: Table of Dates. Introduction. 1. The Land and its People. 2. The Earliest Egyptians. 3. The Era of the Pyramid--builders. 4. The Imperial Age. 5. The Last Pharaohs. 6. Hellenistic Egypt. 7. Roman and Christian Egypt. 8. Islamic Egypt. 9. Modern Egypt. Bibliography. General Index. Index of Ancient Egyptian Terms.