The Story of Egypt 5 5 to stone masonry (Fig. 13). How much time was needed for this progress ? In what century did most of it fall ? With what other century may we compare it in such matters? What do such buildings reveal to us about government in the Pyra- mid Age ? Give the date and length of the Pyramid Age. Date and describe the earliest-known seagoing ships. Discuss foreign commerce in the Pyramid Age. Describe a tomb- chapel in the Pyramid Age. Write an account of the industries and the social life revealed in the tomb-chapels of the Pyramid Age. Describe the art of the Pyramid Age. Section 8. How does the Nile voyage continue the story of the Egyptians ? Discuss the Feudal Age. Give its date. Give an account of the feudal barons. Catalogue the contents of a library of this age. What kind of progress was being made.'* Section 9. Through what ages has the voyage up the Nile carried us ? What great age do we find revealed at Thebes, and what is its out- standing character ? Give the date and extent of the Egyptian Empire. Who was its greatest conqueror '^. Describe the great buildings of the Empire. Describe a clerestory, and draw a diagram representing a cross section of one. Compare it with a cross section of a Christian cathedral (Fig. 182). Describe the painting and sculpture in the Empire temples. Give an account of the cemetery at Thebes. How do the tombs differ from those of the Pyramid Age ? Recount some of the stories of the great men of the Empire which the Theban tomb-chapels tell us. W^hat do they reveal of Egyptian progress in religion? What foreigners do the Theban monuments reveal to us ? Did Egyptian civilization continue after the fall of the Empire ? Give an example of its later influence.
