Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Who was the first king of ancient Egypt - and who was the last? Which Egyptian queens ruled in their own right? What do we really know about the 170 or more pharaohs whose names have come down to us?

Chronicle of the Pharaohs is the first book to set down in narrative form, using timelines and other visual aids throughout, all the rulers and dynasties of Egypt in their chronological order. Now no one need be in any doubt as to who came first, Tutankhamun or Ramesses the Great, or which pharaohs built the pyramids, and when: the Chronicle provides the answers.

The biographical portraits of each pharaoh build into a comprehensive and immensely readable history of ancient Egypt, brought to life through the exploits and personalities of her rulers. From Narmer, who first united the lands along the Nile, to Cleopatra some 3000 years later, we see the way in which individual pharaohs helped to shape Egyptian civilization, and were themselves shaped by it. The narrative is supplemented by specially drawn cartouches of each pharaoh and translations of their names. Chronicle of the Pharaohs is at once a book to be enjoyed as popular history, an essential work of reference, and a visual introduction to the extraordinary diversity and richness of an ancient civilization. Museum-goers, students, tourists and everyone fascinated by the world of ancient Egypt will want to make the Chronicle their inseparable companion.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface: God-kings of the Nile (p. 6)
• Introduction: The Chronology of Ancient Egypt (p. 8)
• Dynasties '0'-2: The First Pharaohs (p. 14)
• The Early Dynastic Period 3150-2686 BC
• From Narmer to Khasekhemwy: the unification of Egypt
• Dynasties 3-6: The Pyramid Builders (p. 30)
• The Old Kingdom 2686-2181 BC
• Djoser, Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure: the pyramids of Saqqara and Giza
• Dynasties 7-17: Chaos and Rebirth (p. 68)
• The First Intermediate Period 2181-2040 BC
• The collapse of central authority: competing kings of Memphis and Herakleopolis
• The Middle Kingdom 2040-1782 BC
• From Mentuhotep I to Queen Sobeknefru: reunification and expansion into Nubia
• The Second Intermediate Period 1782-1570 BC
• Invasion of the Hyksos: Asiatic rule from Avaris in the Delta
• Dynasties 18-20: Rulers of an Empire (p. 98)
• The New Kingdom 1570-1070 BC
• Restoration of native Egyptian rule under Ahmose; the great age of Tuthmosis III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II
• Dynasties 21-31: The Weakening of Pharaonic Power
• The Third Intermediate Period 1069-525 BC
• The Delta dynasties of Tanis, Bubastis and Sais; intervention by the kings of Rush
• The Late Period 525-332 BC
• Conquest and reconquest by the Achaemenid Persians; Nubian interlude
• The Graeco-Roman Period 332 BC-AD 641 (p. 206)
• Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and the Romans
• The Five Royal Names of the Pharaohs (p. 218)
• Select Bibliography (p. 219)
• Acknowledgments and Illustration Credits (p. 220)
• Index (p. 221)