Ancient Egypt: A Cultural Topography

Editor’s Foreword page
PART ONE General Considerations
	I. The Valley of the Nile and its Settlement
PART TWO The Topographical Framework of Egyptian Civilization
	II. The Countryside
		A. The Nile and Seasons
		B. Irrigation and Soil
		C. Property and Usufruct
		D. Farming and Horticulture
		E. Domestic Animals
	III. The Nile and Egyptian Civilization
		A, The Nile as a Means of Transport
		B. Shipbuilding and Ports
	IV. The Desert and Egyptian Civilization
		A. The Eastern Desert
		B. Caravan Routes in the West — the Libyan Oases
	V. Raw Materials and Foreign Relations
PART THREE Cities and Districts
	VI. Memphis and Heliopolis
	VII. The Delta: Fortresses and Harbours (Sile, Tanis and Naucratis)
	VIII. Heragleopolis and the Fayum page
	IX. Abydos, a Sacred City
	X. Thebes, Capital of the Empire
	XI. Amarna, the Horizon of Aten
	XII. The Frontier Region — Aswan, Elephantine and Philae
	XIII. Napata, the most southerly Town of the Empire
Summary Outline of Egyptian History
Bibliography
List of Abbreviations
Index