A History of Egypt

The first-ever compact, accessible, one-volume history of all 5,000 years of Egyptian history highlights the surprisingly strong connections between the ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs and the modern-day Arab nation.

Jason Thompson is a professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Colby College.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Maps	p. xii
The Gift of the Nile	p. 1
The Birth of Egyptian Civilization: Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt	p. 11
The Old Kingdom	p. 25
The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom	p. 43
The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom	p. 59
The Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period	p. 83
Ptolemaic Egypt	p. 97
Egypt in the Roman Empire	p. 123
Coptic Egypt	p. 145
The Advent of Islam	p. 163
The Fatimids and Ayyubids	p. 173
The Mamluks	p. 189
Egypt in the Ottoman Empire	p. 207
The Birth of Modern Egypt	p. 219
Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt	p. 235
The British Occupation of Egypt	p. 253
The Parliamentary Era	p. 273
Nasser	p. 293
Sadat	p. 317
Mubarak and Beyond	p. 341
Notes	p. 357
Recommended Reading	p. 360
Image Sources	p. 362
Index	p. 363
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