The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . Cheops (more properly called Khufu),builder of the Great Pyramid: a portrait-statue discovered in 1902 by FlindersPetrie. As Professor Petrie says, Thefirst thing that strikes us is the enormousdriving power of the man. 44 EGYPT [§29 29. The Hyksos. — This outburst of glory was followed bya strange decay (2000-1600 — the third period ), duringwhich Egypt became the prey of ro^ing tribes from the title of their chiefs, these conquerors were calledHyksos, or Shepherd Kings. They maintained themselves inEgypt about two hundre
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . Cheops (more properly called Khufu),builder of the Great Pyramid: a portrait-statue discovered in 1902 by FlindersPetrie. As Professor Petrie says, Thefirst thing that strikes us is the enormousdriving power of the man. 44 EGYPT [§29 29. The Hyksos. — This outburst of glory was followed bya strange decay (2000-1600 — the third period ), duringwhich Egypt became the prey of ro^ing tribes from the title of their chiefs, these conquerors were calledHyksos, or Shepherd Kings. They maintained themselves inEgypt about two hundred years. For a time they harried theland cruelly, as invaders; then, from a capital in the lowerDelta, they ruled the country through tributary Egyptian. Sculptors at work on colossal figures. — From an Egyptian relief. kings; and finally they acquired the civilization of the countryand became themselves Egyptian sovereigns. It was thisArabian conquest that first brought the horse into Egypt (§ 18).After this period, kings and nobles are represented in warchariots and in pleasure carriages. 30. The New Empire. — A line of native monarchs had re-mained in power at Thebes, as under-kings. About 1600 ,after a long struggle, these princes expelled the Hyksos. Dur-ing this fourth period, 1600-1330, Egypt reached its highestpitch of military grandeur. The long struggle with the Hyksoshad turned the attention of the people from industry to war;and the horse made long marches easier for the leaders. Aseries of mighty kings recovered Ethiopia, conquered all westernSyria, and at last reached the Euphrates, ruling for a brief timeeven over Babylonia, §30] THE POLITICAL STORY 45 Here, on the banks of a mighty river, strangely like theiro
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