A brief history of Egypt

The land and its people

Ancient Egypt (c. 10,000 B.C.E.-525 B.C.E.)

Persian, Greek, Roman, and Arab rule (525 B.C.E.-1250 C.E.)

Mamluk and Ottoman rule (1230-1798)

Early westernizing reform (1798-1879)

The British occupation and nationalist resistance (1879-1918)

Ambiguous independence (1918-1936)

The Palestine question and world war II (1936-1952)

Military rule and Arab nationalism (1952-1961)

Arab socialism (1961-1971)

Anwar Sadat (1971-1981)

Contemporary Egypt (1981-2007).

The land and its people

Ancient Egypt (c. 10,000 B.C.E.-525 B.C.E.)

Persian, Greek, Roman, and Arab rule (525 B.C.E.-1250 C.E.)

Mamluk and Ottoman rule (1230-1798)

Early westernizing reform (1798-1879)

The British occupation and nationalist resistance (1879-1918)

Ambiguous independence (1918-1936)

The Palestine question and world war II (1936-1952)

Military rule and Arab nationalism (1952-1961)

Arab socialism (1961-1971)

Anwar al-Sadat (1971-1981)

Contemporary Egypt (1981-2007).

List of illustrations

List of maps

Note on Arabic transliteration and spelling

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The land and its people

Ancient Egypt (c. 10,000 B.C.E.-525 B.C.E.)

Persian, Greek, Roman, and Arab rule (525 B.C.E.-1250 C.E.)

Mamluk and Ottoman rule (1230-1798)

Early westernizing reform (1798-1879)

The British occupation and nationalist resistance (1879-1918)

Ambiguous independence (1918-1936)

The Palestine question and World War II (1936-1952)

Military rule and Arab nationalism (1952-1961)

Arab socialism (1961-1971)

Anwar Sadat (1971-1981)

Contemporary Egypt (1981-2007)

Appendixes: Glossary of terms and organizations; Basic facts about Egypt; Chronology; Bibliography; Suggested reading.