The Ancient Egyptians and the Origin of Civilization / / G. Elliot Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Smith, G. Elliot,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 19

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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