[Gutenberg 17325] • History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 5 (of 12)

THE EIGHTEENTH THEBAN DYNASTY--(continued)

*THÛTMOSIS III.: THE ORGANISATION OF THE SYRIAN PROVINCES--AMENÔTHES

III.: THE WORSHIPPERS OF ATONÛ.*

*Thutmosis III.: the talcing of Qodshâ in the 42nd year of his

reign--The tribute of the south--The triumph-song of Amon.*

*The constitution of the Egyptian empire--The Grown vassals and

their relations with the Pharaoh--The king's messengers--The allied

states--Royal presents and marriages; the status of foreigners in the

royal harem--Commerce with Asia, its resources and its risks; protection

granted to the national industries, and treaties of extradition.*

_Amenôthes II, his campaigns in Syria and Nubia--Thûtmosis IV.; his

dream under the shadow of the Sphinx and his marriage--Amenôthes III.

and his peaceful reign--The great building works--The temples of

Nubia: Soleb and his sanctuary built by Amenôthes III, Gebel Barkal,

Elephantine--The beautifying of Thebes: the temple of Mat, the temples

of Amon at Luxor and at Karnak, the tomb of Amenôthes III, the chapel

and the colossi of Memnon.