Egypt: a short history

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This is a sweeping, colorful, and concise narrative history of Egypt from the beginning of human settlement in the Nile River valley 5000 years ago to the present day. Accessible, authoritative, and richly illustrated, this is an ideal introduction and guide to Egypt's long, brilliant, and complex history for general readers, tourists, and anyone else who wants a better understanding of this vibrant and fascinating country, one that has played a central role in world history for millennia--and …

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Full title :Egypt : a short history / Robert L. Tignor.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2010
Edition:Pbk. edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010

Notes

"Second printing, and first paperback printing, 2011"--Title page verso

Previous edition: 2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1283227452, 9781283227452, 9786613227454, 6613227455, 1400839823, 9781400839827
oclc:ocn988837402
LC Classification:DT77
Dewey Decimal:962

The land and people -- Egypt during the Old Kingdom -- The Middle and New Kingdoms -- Nubians, Greeks, and Romans, circa 1200 BCE-632 CE -- Christian Egypt -- Egypt within Islamic empires, 639-969 -- Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Mamluks, 969-1517 -- Ottoman Egypt, 1517-1798 -- Napoleon Bonaparte, Muhammad Ali, and Ismail : Egypt in the nineteenth century -- The British period, 1882-1952 -- Egypt for the Egyptians, 1952-1981 : Nasser and Sadat -- Mubarak's Egypt -- Egypt through the millennia -- Afterword to the paperback edition.

Subjects

Civilization Egypt Egypt -- Civilization Egypt -- History Egypt -- Social life and customs Égypte -- Civilisation Égypte -- Moeurs et coutumes History HISTORY -- Egypt (see also Ancient -- M… Manners and customs