Chapter I: Egypt

Historical Standard of Time--Short Date inconsistent with
Evolution--Laws of Historical Evidence--History begins with
Authentic Records--Records of Egypt oldest--Manetho's
Lists--Confirmed by Hieroglyphics--Origin of Writing--The
Alphabet--Phonetic Writing--Clue to Hieroglyphics--The
Rosetta Stone--Champollion--Principles of Hieroglyphic
Writing--Language Coptic--Can be read with certainty--Confirmed
by Monuments--Manetho's Date for Menes 5004 B.C.--Old, Middle,
and New Empires--Old Empire, Menes, to end of Sixth Dynasty--Break
between Old and Middle Empires--Works of Twelfth
Dynasty--Fayoum--Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties--Hyksos
Conquests--Duration of Hyksos Rule--Their Expulsion and Foundation
of New Empire--Conquests in Asia of Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Dynasties--Wars with Hittites and Assyrians--Persian and Greek
Dynasties--Summary of Evidence for Date of Menes--Period prior
to Menes--Horsheshu--Sphynx--Stone Age--Neolithic and Palæolithic
Remains--Horner, Haynes, and Pitt-Rivers 5

CHAPTER II.

CHALDÆA.

Chronology--Berosus--His Dates mythical--Dates in Genesis--Synchronisms
with Egypt and Assyria--Monuments--Cuneiform
Inscriptions--How deciphered--Behistan Inscription--Grotefend
and Rawlinson--Layard--Library of Koyunjik--How
preserved--Accadian Translations and Grammars--Historical
Dates--Elamite Conquest--Commencement of
Modern History--Ur-Ea and Dungi--Nabonidus--Sargon I.,
3800 B.C.--Ur of the Chaldees--Sharrukin's Cylinder--His
Library--His Son Naram-Sin--Semites and Accadians--Accadians
and Chinese--Period before Sargon I.--Patesi--De
Sarzec's find at Sirgalla--Gud-Ea, 4000 to 4500 B.C.--Advance
of Delta--Astronomical Records--Chaldæa and
Egypt give similar results---Historic Period 6000 or 7000
years--and no trace of a beginning 42