Marc Van De Mieroop is Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author and editor of numerous publications on the Ancient Near East and ancient Egypt, including A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000 - 323 B.C., 2nd edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007) and King Hammurabi of Babylon (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005).

• List of Illustrations xiiiList of Color Plates xviList of Maps xviiList of Boxed Texts xviiiList of Summaries of Dynastic History xxPreface xv1 Introductory Concerns 12 The Formation of the Egyptian State (ca. 3400–2686) 273 The Great Pyramid Builders (ca. 2686–2345) 524 The End of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (ca. 2345–2055) 785 The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2055–1650) 976 The Second Intermediate Period and the Hyksos (ca. 1700–1550) 1267 The Birth of Empire: The Early 18th Dynasty (ca. 1550–1390) 1518 The Amarna Revolution and the Late 18th Dynasty (ca. 1390–1295) 1849 The Ramessid Empire (ca. 1295–1203) 21310 The End of Empire (ca. 1213–1070) 24011 The Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1069–715) 26012 Egypt in the Age of Empires (ca. 715–332) 28313 Greek and Roman Egypt (332 BC–AD 395) 316Glossary 358King List 362Bibliography 368Index 387

“This Historywill probably be most valuable to readers new to the subject or to non-specialists interested in aspects of Egyptian culture and in need of historical context.”  (Antiquity, 1 January 2013)