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Part 1: Ancient Egypt
A Captivating Guide to Egyptian History, Ancient Pyramids, Temples, Egyptian Mythology, and Pharaohs such as Tutankhamun and Cleopatra
Introduction
Chronology Issues
The Kingdoms and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt: A Magnificent Empire and the Dark Side
Chapter 1 – Who Were Ancient Egyptians—Their Origins, History, and Geography
The Nile
The People
The Development of Egyptian Society
Unified Kingdom – The Legacy of King Narmer
Why were the iconography, monuments, and the written word so important?
The king of Two Lands
Geography
Chapter 2 – Who Held the Power: The Social Structure of Ancient Egypt
The Pharaoh
The Priests and Elite
The Lives of Ordinary People
Education
The Careers
Women
Chapter 3 – On Kings and their Military Power: A Chronological Overview of Kingdoms, Dynasties, Pharaohs, and their Achievements from the Pre-dynastic Period to the New Kingdom
The Pre-dynastic Period
The Old Kingdom – The Age of Pyramids
The First Intermediate Period
The Middle Kingdom – The Age of Fortresses and Military Expeditions
The Second Intermediate Period
The New Kingdom
Chapter 4: The Magnificent Pharaohs of the New Kingdom and Their Empire
Thutmosis III
The Historical Armageddon
Akhenaten
Nefertiti
Tutankhamun
Mysterious Death and an Unwanted Marriage
The Recovery of Imperial Might: Sety I and Ramses II
The Last Mighty Pharaohs: Merenptah and Ramses III
Chapter 5 – The Decay and End of the Egyptian Civilization
Third Intermediate Period
Late Period
Alexander the Great and the Ptolemies
Chapter 6 – A Romance, Politics, and Tragedy: The Story of Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius
The End
Chapter 7 – The Religion, Mythology, and Rituals of Ancient Egyptians
The Fight between Order and Chaos: The Central Mythological Narrative
At the Top of the Pantheon
Domestic Gods
Daily Rituals
The Main Cult Centers
Sacred Festivals
Amulets
Execration and Curse Figures
Communication with the Deities
The Cult of Ancestors and Deified Humans
Chapter 8 – Funerary Beliefs and Rituals: Mummification and Afterlife
The Elements of a Human Being
The Pharaoh’s Curse
Mummification in Practice
Chapter 9 – The Architecture of Ancient Egypt: Temples and Pyramids
Temples
Tombs
Pyramids
Conclusion – Exciting Excavations and Global Egyptomania: Why Are We So Obsessed with Ancient Egypt?
Part 2: Ancient Greece
A Captivating Guide to Greek History Starting from the Greek Dark Ages to the End of Antiquity
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Dawn of the Dark Ages
Chapter 2 – From Darkness to Democracy
Chapter 3 – Olympic Origins
Chapter 4 – Greece Grows from War to War
Chapter 5 – The Fight for Democracy
Chapter 6 – The Peloponnesian War
Chapter 7 – Enter Alexander the Great
Chapter 8 – Great Minds of Ancient Greece
Chapter 9 – Roman Take-Over
Chapter 10 – Cleopatra and her Consorts
Chapter 11 – Hadrian’s Travels
Chapter 12 – Gothic Raids on Greece
Chapter 13 – Rise of Christianity
Chapter 14 – End of Antiquity
Conclusion
Part 3: Ancient Rome
A Captivating Introduction to the Roman Republic, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, and The Byzantine Empire
Introduction
Chapter 1 – The Seven Kings of Seven Hills: the Foundation of Rome and Its First Rulers
The Foundation Myth
The First Romans
Chapter 2 – The Early Republic: Whole Italy is Roman
The Patricians, the Plebeians, and the Conflict of Orders
Military Expansion during the Early Republic: Taking Italy
Chapter 3 – The Punic Wars and Mediterranean Dominance: The Middle Republic
The First Punic War
The Second Punic War and the First Roman Military Star: Scipio Africanus
Chapter 4 – Decay, Corruption, and Civil Wars: The Late Republic
The Martyrs of Social Justice: the Gracchi Brothers
Marius the New Man and Sula
The Triumviri: Pompeius, Crassus, and Caesar
Cicero against Catiline
Chapter 5 – Gaius Julius Caesar, Crossing the Rubicon, and Death that Shook the City
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Beloved Dictator
Caesar’s Death
Chapter 6 – The Rise of First Roman Emperor
The Second Triumvirate
Antony’s Eastern Mission
Octavian Has the Final Word
Chapter 7 – Early Roman Empire: Princeps Augustus and Julio-Claudian Dynasty
The Age of Augustus
The Life and Reign of Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Chapter 8 – The Flavian Dynasty
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
Chapter 9 - The Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
Chapter 10 – Late Empire
Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
The End of Tetrarchy
Constantine Takes the West…
…and the East
Chapter 11 – The Empire of Constantine
The First Heretics: the Arians
Building Constantinople (New Rome)
The Last Years of Constantine the Great: A Dark Secret, Baptism, and Death
Chapter 12 – Constantinian Dynasty
Constantine’s Sons
Julian the Apostate
Restoring Graeco-Roman Culture: Julian’s Futile Dreams
Chapter 13 – Decline and Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Valentinian, Valens, and Gratian
Theodosius
Exclusiveness of Christianity
The Sack of Rome
The Horrifying Huns
Resisting Barbarian Masters
The West Falls. The East Moves On.
Chapter 14 – The Byzantine Millennium
Justinian and Theodora
One God in Heaven, One Emperor on Earth
The Crusades
The Ottomans
The Timeline of Roman History
Ancient History: the Roman Republic
Early Empire
The Late Empire
The Byzantine Empire
References - Ancient Egypt
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