nd C. Black, Edinburgh

1850

CONTENTS

Preface.
Book The First. The Ancient History Of The Egyptians.
Part The First. Description of Egypt.
Chapter I. Thebais.
Chapter II. Middle Egypt, or Heptanomis.
Chapter III. Lower Egypt.
Part The Second. Of the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians.
Chapter I. Concerning The Kings And Government.
Chapter II. Concerning the Priests And Religion Of The Egyptians.
Chapter III. Of The Egyptian Soldiers And War.
Chapter IV. Of Their Arts And Sciences.
Chapter V. Of Their Husbandmen, Shepherds, and Artificers.
Chapter VI. Of The Fertility Of Egypt.
Part The Third. The History of the Kings of Egypt.
Book The Second. The History Of The Carthaginians.
Part The First. Character, Manners, Religion, Government.
Part The Second. The History of the Carthaginians.
Chapter I. The Foundation of Carthage.
Chapter II. The History of Carthage.
Book the Third. The History of the Assyrians.
Chapter I. The First Empire of the Assyrians.
Chapter II. The Second Assyrian Empire, both of Nineveh and Babylon.
Chapter III. The History of the Kingdom of the Medes.
Chapter IV. The History of the Lydians.
Maps.
Footnotes

[Illustration: Portrait of Charles Rollin.]

Charles Rollin. Born 1661. Died 1741.

[Transcriber's Note: The French original of this work was published
1730-38. The translation was done by Robert Lynam.]

A Letter written by the Right Reverend Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY, late Lord
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