Egypt : a short history : with a new afterword by the author / Robert L. Tignor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tignor, Robert L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--History.

Egypt.

Egypt--Religion.

Egypt--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

With a New afterword by the author

Place of Publication:

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 that continues to do so today. Respected historian Robert Tignor, who has lived in Egypt at different times over the course of five decades, covers all the major eras of the country's ancient, modern, and recent history. A cradle of civilization, ancient Egypt developed a unique and influential culture that featured a centralized monarchy, sophisticated art and technology, and monumental architecture in the form of pyramids and temples. But the great age of the pharaohs is just the beginning of the story and Egypt: A Short History also gives a rich account of the tumultuous 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.This book provides an indispensable key to Egypt in all its layers--ancient and modern, Greek and Roman, and Christian and Islamic. In a new afterword the author analyzes the recent unrest in Egypt and weighs in on what the country might look like after Mubarak.

Contents:

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

Conclusion : Egypt through the millennia.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613227454

9780691147635

0691147639

9781283227452

1283227452

9781400839827

1400839823

OCLC:

753700845