CHAPTER III

THE EGYPTIANS. Egypt--The country--The Nile--Fertility of the soil--The
accounts of Herodotus--Champollion--Egyptologists--Discoveries.

THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE. Antiquity of the Egyptian people--Memphis and the
pyramids--Egyptian civilization--Thebes--The Pharaoh--The
subjects--Despotism--Isolation of the Egyptians.

RELIGION OF THE EGYPTIANS. The gods--Osiris--Ammon-râ--Gods with animal
heads--Sacred animals--The bull Apis--Worship of the dead--Judgment
of the soul--Mummies--Book of the Dead--The arts--Industry--
Architecture--Tombs--Temples--Sculpture--Painting--Literature--
Destinies of the Egyptian civilization.


CHAPTER IV

THE ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS. Chaldea--The land--The people--The
cities.

THE ASSYRIANS--Assyria--Origins--Ancient accounts--Modern discoveries--
Inscriptions on bricks--Cuneiform writing--The Assyrian people--The
king--Fall of the Assyrian Empire.

THE BABYLONIANS. The second Chaldean empire--Babylon--The Tower of
Babylon.

CUSTOMS AND RELIGION. Customs--Religion--The gods--Astrology--