The Ancient Egyptians and the Origin of Civilization

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This monograph, in its second, hard-to-locate edition, proposes a connection between prehistoric monumental European sites and those of the Pyramid Age in Egypt. Using ethnicity as a basis, Smith ties the ancient peoples of Egypt to those of Syria and discusses how Egyptian culture spread from its point of origin. PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AND THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II. THE DEBT OF CIVILIZATION TO EGYPT CHAPTER III. A RETROSPECT CHAPTER IV. THE PROTO-EGYPTIANS CHAPTER V. EGYPT'S RELATIONS WITH THE SOUTH CHAPTER VI. EARLY RELATIONS WITH ARABIA AND SYRIA CHAPTER VII. THE POPULATION OF LOWER EGYPT UNDER THE ANCIENT EMPIRE CHAPTER VIII. THE MUTUAL RELATIONS OF EGYPT AND WESTERN ASIA CHAPTER IX. THE MANNER OF THE SPREAD OF EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE CHAPTER X. EGYPT'S WORLD-WIDE INFLUENCE CHAPTER XI. THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN INDEX