The fourth of a thirteen volume history of Egypt and the surrounding civilizations. This volume continues a treatment of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria by G. Maspero, translated by M.L. McClure, and edited by A.H. Sayce. The set is spectacularly illustrated with over twelve hundred plates and illustrations. Contents of volume four: First Chaldean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt; Syria at the beginning of the Egyptian conquest; Eighteenth Theban Dynasty.