The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and (14760259826)

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Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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h I i Egypt—Chronology 139 to hold them back. 2778—Amenemhat I., founder of the twelfth dynasty,reorganizes Egj^^t and makes Thebes his capital. 2660—Usertesen III.conquers Ethiopia. 2098—Invasion of the Hyksos, or shepherd kings, from•Asia. They establish a fortified camp at Avaris and rule Egypt for overfour centuries. 1700—The children of Israel are welcomed into EgNpt bythe Hyksos. 1635—Aahmes, the liberator, expels the Hyksos and foundsthe eighteenth dynasty, the modern age of Eg>pt. 1530—Thothmes III.,the greatest mihtary ruler of the dynasty, ravages western Asia in fifteen cam-paigns and receives tribute from Babylon and Assyria. 1520—He wins thegreat battle of Megiddo, subduing the Hittites. 1420—Amenhotep IV. rejectsthe Egyptian faith for Asiatic sun-worship and founds a new capital. 1370 —Horem-heb, the restorer, reestabhshes the old religion. 1365—Rameses I.begins the famous nineteenth dynasty. 1355—Seti I. builds a canal connectingthe Nile wit