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THE CORPSE COMES TO LIFE AGAIN--PSAMATIK I. AND HIS SON, NECO 342-359

Foreign help needed to save a sinking state, 342--Libyan origin of Psamatik I., 344--His revolt connected with the decline of Assyria, 345--Assistance rendered him by Gyges, 345--His struggle with the petty princes, 346--Reign of Psamatik: place assigned by him to the mercenaries, 347--His measures for restoring Egypt to her former prosperity, 348, 349--He encourages intercourse between Egypt and Greece, 350-352--Egypt restored to life: character of the new life, 353--Later years of Psamatik: conquest of Ashdod, 354--Reign of Neco: his two fleets, 355--His circumnavigation of Africa, 356--His conquest of Syria, 357--Jeremiah on the battle of Carchemish, 358--Neco's dream of empire terminates, 359.

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THE LATER SAÏTE KINGS--PSAMATIK II., APRIES, AND AMASIS 360-367

The Saïtic revival in art and architecture,360--Some recovery of military strength, 361--Expedition of Psamatik II. into Ethiopia, 362--Part taken by Apries in the war between Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah, 363--His Phœnician conquests, 364--His expedition against Cyrene, 364--Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, 365--Quiet reign of Amasis, 366--The Saïtic revival not the recovery of true national life, 367.