Egypt: A Short History
(Sprache: Englisch)
Gives an account of Egypt's history that followed - from Greek and Roman conquests, the rise of Christianity, Arab-Muslim triumph, and Egypt's incorporation into powerful Islamic empires to Napoleon's 1798 invasion, the country's absorption into the British...
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Gives an account of Egypt's history that followed - from Greek and Roman conquests, the rise of Christianity, Arab-Muslim triumph, and Egypt's incorporation into powerful Islamic empires to Napoleon's 1798 invasion, the country's absorption into the British Empire, and modern, postcolonial Egypt under Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Egypt: A Short History “
List of Illustrations vii Credits ix Preface xi CHAPTER ONE: The Land and People 1 CHAPTER TWO: Egypt during the Old Kingdom 26 CHAPTER THREE: The Middle and New Kingdoms 51 CHAPTER FOUR: Nubians, Greeks, and Romans, circa 1200 BCE-632 CE 80 CHAPTER FIVE: Christian Egypt 105 CHAPTER SIX: Egypt within Islamic Empires, 639-969 122 CHAPTER SEVEN: Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Mamluks, 969-1517 146 CHAPTER EIGHT: Ottoman Egypt, 1517-1798 174 CHAPTER NINE: Napoleon Bonaparte, Muhammad Ali, and Ismail: Egypt in the Nineteenth Century 196 CHAPTER TEN: The British Period, 1882-1952 228 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Egypt for the Egyptians, 1952-1981: Nasser and Sadat 256 CHAPTER TWELVE: Mubarak's Egypt 282 CONCLUSION: Egypt through the Millennia 311 Notes 321 Bibliography 327 Index 347
Autoren-Porträt von Robert L. Tignor
Robert L. Tignor is the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Emeritus, at Princeton University, where he taught for forty-six years and served as chair of the History Department for fourteen years. He is the author of several previous books on Egyptian history.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Robert L. Tignor
- 2010, 363 Seiten, Maße: 16,5 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0691147639
- ISBN-13: 9780691147635
Sprache:
Englisch
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It's rare to get the entire history of Egypt between the covers of one book, but that is what this book does, providing a wonderful and thoroughly enjoyable sweep through Egyptian history. Robert Tignor is a great historian and this marvelous book displays his tremendous skill, experience, and knowledge.--J. G. Manning, Yale University
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