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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.
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.