The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . it hadceased to exist, and the fiction of the two kingdoms had become a reality for thefirst time within the range of history. Henceforward there were two Egypts,governed by different constitutions and from widely remote centres. ThebanEgypt was, before all things, a community recognizing a theocratic government,in which the kingly ofhce was merged in that of the high priest. Separatedfrom Asia by the length of the Delta, it turned its attention, like the Pharaohs For tlicse jjCTSonages aud for the various liypotbeses of whicli they hav
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . it hadceased to exist, and the fiction of the two kingdoms had become a reality for thefirst time within the range of history. Henceforward there were two Egypts,governed by different constitutions and from widely remote centres. ThebanEgypt was, before all things, a community recognizing a theocratic government,in which the kingly ofhce was merged in that of the high priest. Separatedfrom Asia by the length of the Delta, it turned its attention, like the Pharaohs For tlicse jjCTSonages aud for the various liypotbeses of whicli they have been the subject, seeUrugscli (GcsnhlMe .Tiyyidem, p. GGO), Haigh (Itamosses Messes, Uonis Horemheb, iu the Zeitschri/t,1871), p. 154, ot seq.), Lautli (.Iks .Eijijidniis Vorzeit, p. 408) ; of. JlAsrERo, Les Momies royales, etc., inthe M^nwiriS de la Mission du (aire, vol. i. pp. 718-723. Drawu by Boudier, from the photograph by Inainger; of. Maspeho, Les Momies niyates de Deirel-Biihart, iu tlie Mdmoires de la Mission Fraiv;aise, vol. i. pp. ZODPHTAIIAI ImNKIII, UUYALBON OP KAMSES. 56() THE CLOSE OF THE TIIEBAN EMPIRE. of the VI and XII dynasties, to Ethiopia, and owing to its distance from theMediterranean, and from tiie new civilization developed on its shores, it becamemore and more isolated, till at length it was reduced to a purely African Egypt, on the contrary, maintained contact with European andAsiatic nations; it took an interest in their future, it borrowed from themto a certain extent whatever struck it as being useful or beautiful, and whenthe occasion presented itself, it acted in concert with the Mediterraneanpowers. There was an almost constant struggle between these two divisionsof the empire, at times breaking out into an open rupture, to end as oftenin a temporary re-establishment of unity. At one time Ethiopia wouldsucceed in annexing Egypt, and again Egypt would seize some part ofEthiopia; but the settlement of affairs was never
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