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:2011.
Edition:New ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Previous edition: 2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 371 pages) : : illustrations, maps, plates

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781400839827, 1400839823
oclc:ocn753700845
LC Classification:DT77
Dewey Decimal:962

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Credits; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: The Land and People; CHAPTER TWO: Egypt during the Old Kingdom; CHAPTER THREE: The Middle and New Kingdoms; CHAPTER FOUR: Nubians, Greeks, and Romans, circa 1200 BCE-632 CE; CHAPTER FIVE: Christian Egypt; CHAPTER SIX: Egypt within Islamic Empires, 639-969; CHAPTER SEVEN: Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Mamluks, 969-1517; CHAPTER EIGHT: Ottoman Egypt, 1517-1798; CHAPTER NINE: Napoleon Bonaparte, Muhammad Ali, and Ismail: Egypt in the Nineteenth Century; CHAPTER TEN: The British Period, 1882-1952.