A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII B. C. 30 Volume 7 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...upon Saite art naturally leads to the consideration of one of the most important events in the history of Egypt under the XXVIth Dynasty, i.e., the actual settlement of Greek colonists upon Egyptian soil. The earliest Greek settlement in Egypt, that of the Milesians at Milesion-Teichos, was probably founded during the period of civil war and weakness in Egypt 1 A full discussion of early Greek art will be found in Mr. A. S. Murray's History of Greek Sculpture, and Handbook of Greek Archaeology. 2 The results of the excavations made on this site'are described by Messrs. Petrie and Gardner in Naukratis, 2 vols., London, 1888. 120 NAUCRATIS AND DAPHNAE about B.c. 700, when no effective opposition could be made by the Egyptians.1 The Milesians seem to have possessed a monopoly of Egyptian trade for some time, probably until the Rhodians, Samians, and Aeginetans began to compete with them for the Egyptian market; it was then that, under the fostering care of the Egyptian kings, who by no means shared the prejudices of their subjects against the Greeks, whom they found to be good soldiers as well as good merchants, the Greek factories were united into one settlement at Naucratis, i.e., about the end of the reign of Psammetichus I. The founding of Naucratis opened a door into Egypt to the Greeks, through which not only artists but also philosophers and historiographers flocked to examine the wonders of the Nile Valley. Greek soldiers were systematically employed by the kings of the XXVIth Dynasty, and were settled in one great camp at a place on the eastern border at no great distance from the famous gave on the Suez Canal called Al-Kantara (i.e., the "Bridge"). The old Egyptian name of this place is unknown, but the Hebrews called it Tahapanes (Jeremiah...