num_pages: 384
description: This is a sweeping colorful and concise narrative history of Egypt from the beginning of human settlement in the Nile River valley 5000 years ago to the present day. Accessible authoritative and richly illustrated this is an ideal introduction and guide to Egypt's long brilliant and complex history for general readers tourists and anyone else who wants a better understanding of this vibrant and fascinating country one that has played a central role in world history for millennia--and that continues to do so today.Respected historian Robert Tignor who has lived in Egypt at different times over the course of five decades covers all the major eras of the country's ancient modern and recent history. A cradle of civilization ancient Egypt developed a unique and influential culture that featured a centralized monarchy sophisticated art and technology and monumental architecture in the form of pyramids and temples. But the great age of the pharaohs is just the beginning of the story and A Short History also gives a rich account of the tumultuous history that followed--from Greek and Roman conquests the rise of Christianity Arab-Muslim triumph and Egypt's incorporation into powerful Islamic empires to Napoleon's 1798 invasion the country's absorption into the British Empire and modern postcolonial Egypt under Nasser Sadat and Mubarak.This book provides an indispensable key to Egypt in all its layers--ancient and modern Greek and Roman and Christian and Islamic.
language: English
title: Egypt: A Short History
publisher: Princeton University Press