A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Period, divided into two sectionsby the Persian conquest. The Old Empire; the Pyramids. — It was in the period ofthe Old Empire (reaching to about 2100 ), that the greatpyramids were erected. They were the sepulchers of , the Cheops of the Greeks, built the largest of them atGizeh. Its original perpendicular height was 480 feet, andthe length of its side 764 feet. Within it was the sarcophagusof the sovereign. The pyramid of Gizeh that is the next in 28 EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS size Avas the work of Chafra.
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Period, divided into two sectionsby the Persian conquest. The Old Empire; the Pyramids. — It was in the period ofthe Old Empire (reaching to about 2100 ), that the greatpyramids were erected. They were the sepulchers of , the Cheops of the Greeks, built the largest of them atGizeh. Its original perpendicular height was 480 feet, andthe length of its side 764 feet. Within it was the sarcophagusof the sovereign. The pyramid of Gizeh that is the next in 28 EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS size Avas the work of Chafra. A third and smaller pyramidat Gizeh was raised by Menkaura. Dominion of Thebes. — Pepi was the most powerful monarchof the sixth dynasty. He conquered the negroes of Nubiaand routed the Syrian Bedouins. In the interval from theseventh to the eleventh dyiiasties there were revolts and revo-lutions. Then the princes of Thebes attained to the throne,and extended their sway over the land. Under this twelfthdynasty there were kings who displayed military prowess, by. The Gkeat Pyramids {From a photograph) whom the region of the Upper Nile was conquered, a prosper-ous trade carried forward with Syria, and vast edifices, likethe temple of Amnion at Thebes and the temple of the Sunat Heliopolis, were constructed. Amenemhat III. built theimmense artificial reservoir, Lake Moeris, to receive and dis-tribute the waters of the Nile. Literature flourished. Artattained to a degree of perfection beyond which it did notafterwards advance. It was the golden age of Egyptianculture. This era was succeeded by a period of calamity. The four-teenth dynasty was overcome by a horde of Asiatic Bedouins, EGYPT 29
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