Chapter Ii--the Reaction Against Egypt

THE XIth DYNASTY: HARMHABI--THE HITTITE EMPIRE IN SYRIA AND IN ASIA MINOR--SETI I. AND RAMSES II.--THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA: MINEPHTAH AND THE ISRAELITE EXODUS.

The birth and antecedents of Harmhabi, his youth, his enthronement--The final triumph of Amon and his priests--Harmhabi infuses order into the government: his wars against the Ethiopians and Asiatics--The Khati, their civilization, religion; their political and military constitution; the extension of their empire towards the north--The countries and populations of Asia Minor; commercial routes between the Euphrates and the AEgean Sea--The treaty concluded between Harmhabi and Sapalulu.

Ramses I. and the uncertainties as to his origin--Seti I. and the campaign against Syria in the 1st year of his reign; the re-establishment of the Egyptian empire--Working of the gold-mines at Etai--The monuments constructed by Seti I. in Nubia, at Karnak, Luxor, and Abydos--The valley of the kings and tomb of Seti I. at Thebes.

Ramses II., his infancy, his association in the Government, his debut in Ethiopia: he builds a residence in the Delta--His campaign against the Khati in the 5th year of his reign--The talcing of Qodshu, the victory of Ramses II. and the truce established with Khatusaru: the poem of Pentauirit--His treaty with the Khati in the 21st year of his reign: the balance of power in Syria: the marriage of Ramses II. with a Hittite princess--Public works: the Speos at Abu-Simbel; Luxor, Karnak, the Eamesseum, the monuments in the Delta--The regency of Khamoisit and Minephtah, the legend of Sesostris, the coffin and mummy of Ramses II.

Minephtah--The kingdom of Libya, the people of the sea--The first invasion of Libya: the Egyptian victory at Piriu; the triumph of Minephtah--Seti II., Amenmeses, Siphtah-Minephtah--The foreign captives in Egypt; the Exodus of the Hebrews and their march to Sinai--An Egyptian romance of the Exodus: Amenophis, son of Pa-apis.