Author:
Thompson, Jason, 1950-
Edition Statement:1st Anchor Book ed.
Imprint:New York : Anchor Books, 2009, c2008.
Descriptionxi, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Note:The gift of the Nile -- The birth of Egyptian civilization : predynastic and early dynastic Egypt -- The Old Kingdom -- The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom -- The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom -- The Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period -- Ptolemaic Egypt -- Egypt in the Roman Empire -- Coptic Egypt -- The advent of Islam -- The Fatimids and Ayyubids -- The Mamluks -- Egypt in the Ottoman Empire -- The birth of modern Egypt -- Mid-nineteenth-century Egypt -- The British occupation of Egypt -- The Parliamentary Era -- Nasser -- Sadat -- Mubarak and beyond.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-362) and index.
