Part I Introduction 1. Egyptology and the Early Dynastic period 2. Birth of a nation state 3. Historical outline Part II 4. Administration 5. Foreign relations 6. Kingship 7. Royal mortuary architecture 8. Cults and shrines Part III 9. The rise of urbanism 10. The regions of Egypt Epilogue.
Toby A.H. Wilkinson
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extraordinary scope and outstanding quality of this synthesis make
it a work of scholarship of the highest quality and utility and a
major contribution to Egyptology. Wilkinson has established a
reputation for himself as a scholar of formidable talent and
productivity.' - Bruce G. Trigger, Chronique d'Egypte
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