That sounds spectacularly boring.
That would be an accurate assessment. But histories of Egypt are extremely rare.
That sounds spectacularly boring.
I doubt that.
I'm not your research assistant.
Personally there are two things which make history reading difficult or boring:
1) Troop movements. In Stalingrad there was always reference to how the "16th panzer divison" moved here and here and travelled 80 km. Those parts were a boring read because it was difficult to put into context and unrealistic to expect the reader to imagine the entire threatre at once.
2) Abbreviations for political parties. Some texts refer to parties in the shortest form possible. Many books have a description of each party and their abbreviation at the beginning so you can flip back to get a quick background to try and contextualise the passage. Its a bit of a hassle.
Alright, this one. Of course you can't write a history without including political events, especially if those events are unknown to the readership at large. You can't write a social history of England without reference to the reign of Victoria, the Reformation, the World Wars, and so on. Indeed, in most ancient history, the overwhelming amount of evidence which exists is about kings and treaties and wars, and it would be wrong to leave that out.
That sounds spectacularly boring.
It sounds more like archival documents than actual written history.
Oh, it is...That sounds spectacularly boring.
Why are you reading it then?
How about Civilization Before Greece and Rome by HWF Saggs? I haven't actually read it (although I think I own it), but I read his book on Assyria and I think it covers some of the things you're looking for.
It's also a broader topic so you get more for your money.