CHAPTER VI

ON PREHISTORIC CULTURE 45

Language, 44. Clothing and housing of prehistoric man, 46. The use of fire, 46. Implements of peace and war, 47. The domestication of animals, 47. Agriculture, 48. Government, 49. The arts of painting, sculpture, and decorative architecture, 50. The art of writing, 50.

PART II. EGYPT

INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. EGYPT AS A WORLD INFLUENCE. By Dr. Adolf Erman 57

EGYPTIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE (4400-332 B.C.) 65

THE EGYPTIAN RACE AND ITS ORIGIN 77

The country and its inhabitants, 81. Prehistoric Egypt, 88.