CHAPTER V. Egypt under the Shepherd Kings; Beginning of the New Empire; Conquests of Thutmose I. 51 CHAPTER VI. First Egyptian Queen; Temple of Hatshepsut; Expedition to Punt 57 CHAPTER VII. Military Kings; Hymn of Victory; Worship of the Solar Disk; Temple of Karnak 64 CHAPTER VIII. Nineteenth Dynasty; Egypt under Ramses the Great; Twentieth Dynasty; Priest Rule; Ethiopian Kings 72 CHAPTER IX. Social Life in Egypt; Houses, Dress, Family Life 85 CHAPTER X. Sports and Recreations 96 CHAPTER XI. Agriculture and Cattle Raising; Arts and Crafts; Egyptian Markets; Military Affairs 100 CHAPTER XII. Schools and Education; Egyptian Literature 112 CHAPTER XIII. Religion of Ancient Egypt; Hymn to the Nile; Egyptian Temples and Ceremonies 119 CHAPTER XIV. Art and Decoration 133 CHAPTER XV. Tombs and Burial Customs 138 CHAPTER XVI. Excavations in Egypt; Discoveries of W. M. Flinders Petrie 144 _Descriptions of Egypt._ Description of the Nile 153 Feast of Neith 155 Karnak 159 Memphis 161 Hymn to the God Ra 163 _Egyptian Literature._ An Old Kingdom Book of Proverbs 164 The Voyage of the Soul 168 The Adventures of the Exile Sanehat 171 The Song of the Harper 179 _Present Day Egypt._ Alexandria 181 Cairo 182 Egyptian Museum 185 Suez Canal 187 BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA. Prefatory Chapter 193 CHAPTER I. Early Civilization of Asia; Recovery of Forgotten Cities 201 CHAPTER II. Sources of Babylonian and Assyrian History; Physical Geography 211 CHAPTER III. Prehistoric Chaldea; Charms and Talismans; Semitic Invasion 218 CHAPTER IV. City-States Before the Rise of Babylon; Hymn to the Moon-God 227 CHAPTER V. Dominance of Babylon 232