History of Egypt
Frederick C. H. Wendel
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The history of Egypt from the earliest times to the conquest by Alexander the Great, covering the development of Egyptian civilization: science, religion, art, language and literature. This book is written for the interested layperson, requiring no prior knowledge of Egypt, and in approachable everyday language. (Summary by Beth Thomas) (8 hr 38 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 5:57 | Read by DJRickyV |
| Introductory, Part 1 | 41:57 | Read by DJRickyV |
| Introductory, Part 2 | 49:47 | Read by DJRickyV |
| The Old Empire | 53:06 | Read by DJRickyV |
| From the 7th Dynasty to the close of the 12th | 43:15 | Read by DJRickyV |
| The Decline of the Egyptian Kingdom and the Hyksos Domination | 19:41 | Read by Owen Cook |
| From the Expulsion of the Hyksos to the close of the 18th Dynasty | 58:16 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| The 19th Dynasty | 36:02 | Read by Sarah Lorenowich |
| The Close of the New Empire and the Period of Decline | 49:34 | Read by SaraHale |
| The Aethiopians and Assyrians in Egypt | 29:48 | Read by Owen Cook |
| The 26th Dynasty - The Egyptian Renaissance | 42:12 | Read by DJRickyV |
| From the Persian Conquest to the Invasion of Alexander the Great, Part 1 | 41:52 | Read by DJRickyV |
| From the Persian Conquest to the Invasion of Alexander the Great, Part 2 | 47:16 | Read by DJRickyV |
Reviews
Victim/persecutor complex
Mike Buuganus-Wiesel
from Wikipedia: "The majority of modern scholars do not believe that the Egyptian story elements in the Bible can be demonstrated with historical methods. However, some scholars have attempted to tie the narratives of the Hyksos period to the exodus period. Scholars such as Jan Assmann and Donald Redford, for instance, have suggested that the story of the biblical exodus may have been wholly or partially inspired by the expulsion of the Hyksos. An identification with the Hyksos would only depart minimally from accepted biblical chronology, and their expulsion is the only known large-scale expulsion of Asiatics from Egypt. Other scholars, such with Manfred Bietak, have pointed out several "problems" with such theories, including the conflict between the portrayal of the Hyksos as a π³πΆππͺπ―π¨ π¦ππͺπ΅π¦ πΈπͺπ΅π© π’ π£π’π€π¬π¨π³π°πΆπ―π₯ πͺπ― π΅π³π’π₯π¦ π’π―π₯ π΄π¦π’π§π’π³πͺπ―π¨ and the biblical portrayal of the Israelites as "oppressed" in Egypt."
bmc
I stopped after the fourth chapter. Too many lists of names and not enough context of what was happening in and to the kingdom in each reign. Would have done better to give narrative arc and focus on Kings for which enough is known to say something about.
Corey Cunningham
Great introduction of what will and won't be in the book for the reader.
Christopher Hirst
An interesting account of ancient Egyptian history. Well read by all the resders
A bit hard to follow but excellent.
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