Egyptian Empire
by Compiled By The National Geographic Society
About This Novel
This book is the second part of the trilogy "The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt" ("The First Pharaoh", "The Egyptian Empire" and "The End of Ancient Egypt") in the National Geographic Global History Series. After Egypt expelled the invading Hyksos, Egypt opened a new chapter: the New Kingdom. This book provides a comprehensive look at this heyday of ancient Egyptian history, when Egypt was one of the most powerful countries in the eastern Mediterranean. During this period, a large number of famous pharaohs emerged in history. For example, the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut, the great conqueror and statesman Amenophis III, Akhenaten who initiated the reform of monotheism, the pharaoh Tutankhamun who is famous for the massive amount of funerary objects and wealth unearthed in his tomb, and the long-lived emperor Ramses II in the history of Egypt. He has also become the most famous pharaoh in the history of Egypt.
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