Introductory concerns - The formation of the Egyptian state (ca. 3400-2686) - The great Pyramid builders (ca. 2686-2345) - The end of the old kingdom and the first intermediate period (ca. 2345-2055) - The middle kingdom (ca. 2055-1650) - The second intermediate period and the Hyksos (ca. 1700-1550) - The birth of empire: the early 18th dynasty (ca. 1550-1390) - The Amarna revolution and the late 18th dynasty (ca. 1390-1295) - The Ramessid Empire (ca. 1295-1203) - The end of empire (ca. 1213-1070) - The third intermediate period (ca. 1069-715) - Egypt in the age of empires (ca. 715-332) - Greek and Roman Egypt (332 BC-AD 395)