Egyptian religious poetry

24 EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS POETRY

(a) HISTORY Dynasty Dynasty 4 2 ae 3400-2980 B.C. g xvii 1600-1580 B.C. 6 q ii 23 XViii 1580-1350 B.C. A 2 | iti 2980-2900 B.c. Z = ) xix 1350-1200 B.c. 7 s XX 1200-1090 B.C. 5 [iv 2900-2750 B.c. 3 V 2750-2625 B.C. { xxi 1090-945 B.C. Z Vi 2625-2475 B.C. = XXil 945-745 B.C. 2 vii & 4 xxiv } 745-663 B.C. eS | ai Q | xxv BBE 4 gx (2475-2100 B.C. 4 | Assyrian conquest 666 B.c. 3m < XXVi 663-525 B.C. z 3 Persian conquest 525 B.C. ) 2 Xi 2160-2000 B.c. 38 Fe 7S 4 Xii 2000-1788 B.c. owt ie = 525-400 B.C. b= re nahh ae | xxv - HR 9 xxix 400-378 B.c. “ ay AY = 2 - _pI788-1600 B.C. pais 378-342 aoa 2 y [xiv XXX1 342-332 B.C. one cai <£) pe XVI Alexander 332-323 B.c. = Ptolemies 323-30 B.c. The dates before this period are Romans 30 B.C.—A.D. 641 approximate only. Arab Conquest A.D. 641

The civilization of Egypt can be traced back as far as the first inhabiting of the Nile Valley, but until the coming of writing there can be no knowledge of the poetry. Prehistoric Egypt was divided into a number of small princedoms, each governed by its chief. In the fourth millennium s.c. there entered into Egypt a foreign people who conquered the whole country and brought with them the elements of writing. The