Short Histories

A Short History

By: James Jankowski, Jankowski

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Paperback | 28 September 1999 | Edition Number 1

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From the time of Tutankhamon to the development of modern Egypt, this new book offers a penetrating account of a land full of contrasts, where the fertile and the barren, the past and the present, exist side by side.

Drawing on the most up-to-date historical research from a wide variety of sources, James Jankowski provides a unique insight into the economic, political and social history of Egypt, cornerstone of some of the world's greatest civilizations. With a particular focus on the last two centuries, and on such key topics as the Nasser regime and the contemporary struggle between the state and Islamic activists, this accessible text will be welcomed by students, travellers and history enthusiasts alike.

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Preface
Pharaonic Egypt	p. 1
Prehistoric Egypt and the transition to civilization	p. 2
Overview of the Pharaonic epoch	p. 4
The Pharaonic state	p. 9
Ancient Egyptian religion	p. 11
Pharaonic economy and society	p. 15
Greco-Roman Egypt	p. 20
The Ptolemies	p. 20
Egypt under Roman and Byzantine rule	p. 22
Economic expansion and exploitation	p. 24
Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians	p. 27
From Hellenism to Christianity	p. 30
Islamic Egypt	p. 33
Egypt under Rashidun, Ummayad, and Abbasid caliphates	p. 33
The Fatamid dynasty	p. 37
Saladin and the Ayyubids	p. 40
The Mamluks	p. 41
Egyptian politics and society under the Mamluks	p. 45
Ottoman Egypt	p. 53
Egypt as an Ottoman province	p. 53
Governors, regiments and Mamluks	p. 56
Turks and peasants, Muslims and non-Muslims	p. 59
Economic expansion, contraction, and structural change	p. 63
Gender relationships and realities	p. 66
Modernizing Egypt/Colonizing Egypt	p. 70
The French occupation of Egypt, 1798-1801	p. 70
Muhammad/Mehmed 'Ali Pasha, 1805-48	p. 72
The successors of Muhammad 'Ali, 1848-79	p. 82
Bankruptcy, nationalism, and occupation, 1876-82	p. 89
The British occupation of Egypt, 1882-1914	p. 91
Egypt over the long nineteenth century	p. 103
Liberal Egypt	p. 111
War, revolution, and independence, 1914-22	p. 111
The parliamentary monarchy, 1922-52	p. 113
Economy and society, 1922-52	p. 121
Cultural life in liberal Egypt	p. 129
Revolutionary Egypt	p. 135
Military coup, republic, authoritarian rule	p. 135
Arab socialism and social change	p. 141
Egypt, the Arabs, and the world	p. 153
Whose Egypt?	p. 163
Anwar al-Sadat and the opening, 1970-81	p. 163
Egypt under Husni Mubarak, 1981-present day	p. 177
Contemporary Egypt	p. 191
Notes	p. 199
Suggested further reading	p. 203
Index	p. 209
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