THE DECLINE OF EGYPT UNDER THE LATER RAMESSIDES [269]-[287]
Temporary disintegration of Egypt, [269]—Reign of Setnekht, [270]—Reign of Ramesses III., [271]—General restlessness of the nations in his time [272],—Libyan invasion of Egypt, [273], [274]—Great invasion of the Tekaru, Tanauna, and others, [275], [276]—First naval battle on record, [277], [278]—Part taken by Ramesses in the fight, [278]-[281]—Campaign of revenge, [282]—Later years of Ramesses peaceful, [283]—General decline of Egypt, [284]—Insignificance of the later Ramessides, [284], [285]—Deterioration in art, literature, and morals, [285], [287].
Influence of the priests in Egypt, [288]—Ordinary relations between them and the kings, [289]—High-priesthood of Ammon becomes hereditary; Herhor, [290]—Reign of Pinetem I., [293]—Reign of Men-khepr-ra, [294]—Rise of the kingdom of the Israelites, [295]—Friendly relations established between Pinetem II. and Solomon, [296]—Effect on Hebrew art and architecture, [297].
Shishak's family Semitic, but not Assyrian or Babylonian, [298]—Connected by marriage with the priest-kings, [299], [300]—Reception of Jeroboam by Shishak, [301]—Shishak's expedition against Rehoboam, [302]—Aid lent to Jeroboam in his own kingdom, [303]—Arab conquests, [304]—Karnak inscription, [305]—Shishak's successors, [306]—War of Zerah (Osorkon II.?) with Asa, [307]—Effect of Zerah's defeat, [309]—Decline of the dynasty, [310]—Disintegration of Egypt, [310], [311]—Further deterioration in literature and art, [311]-[313].