A history of Egypt : from the Arab conquest to the present / Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot.
Egypt occupies a central position in the Arab world. Its borders between sand and sea have existed for millennia and yet, until 1952, the country was ruled by foreigners. Afaf al-Sayyid Marsot explores the paradoxes of Egypt's history in an updated edition of her successful A Short History of M...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Arab conquest of Egypt to the end of the Ayyubi dynasty, 639-1250
- The age of the mamluks, 1250-1516
- The Ottoman age, 1516-1805
- The beginning of the state system, 1805-1922
- The liberal experiment, 1922-52
- The Nasser years, 1952-70
- From Sadat to Mubarak, 1970 to the present day.