Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Translator's Note.

Introduction.

Part I: The Land of Egypt:.

1. Between the River and the Desert.

Part II: The Palaeolithic Period: .

2. The Earliest Evidence for Humans in the Nile Valley.

3. The Beginnings of Cultural Diversity.

4. Diversity or Nilotic Adaptation.

Part III: The Neolithic Period:.

5. The Process of 'Neolithicization'.

6. The Neolithic Period (Fifth Millennium BC).

Part IV: The Approach to the Pharaonic Period (Fourth Millennium BC): .

7. The Predynastic Period (c. 4000-3000 BC).

8. The First Pharaohs and the Unification of the Two Lands.

Conclusion.

Appendix 1: Relative Chronology and the Traditional Dating Systems.

Appendix 2: 'Absolute Dates'.

Glossary.

Abbreviations.

Bibliography.

Index.