A Sword Over the Nile
Subtitle: A Brief History of the Copts Under Islamic Rule
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Published: June 30, 2020
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781643787602
Table of contents: title: Copyright
label: 1.; title: Foreword
label: 2.; title: Introduction
label: 3.; title: Who Are the Copts?
label: 4.; title: A Peaceful or Forceful Conquest?
label: 5.; title: Rapacious Umayyads
label: 6.; title: The Abbasids Squelch the Resistance
label: 7.; title: The Turkish Walis: More Sorrows
label: 8.; title: The Fatimids and the Adventures of Al-Hakem bi-Amr Allah
label: 9.; title: The Decay and Demise of the Fatimid State
label: 10.; title: The Wars of Salah Al-Deen Against the Kuffar
label: 11.; title: The Copts in the Ayyubid Mill
label: 12.; title: Harassed from All Directions
label: 13.; title: The Slaves' State and Its Dark Days
label: 14.; title: An Ottoman Paradise
label: 15.; title: Bonaparte Knocks at the Door
label: 16.; title: Mohammed Ali's Attempts to Exit the Dark Tunnel
label: 17.; title: Fake Liberals, Real Fascists
label: 18.; title: Dhimmis in the Republican Umma-State
label: 19.; title: Overview and Analysis: The Copts Under Arab Islamic Rule
label: 20.; title: Conclusion: Triumph of 'Islamocracy'
label: 21.; title: Afterword
label: 22.; title: Appendices
label: 23.; title: 1. The Impact of the 'Forgotten of History' on Civilization; title: 1.1. Doctrinal Differentiation of Christianity; title: 1.2. Monasticism and the Western Civilization; title: 1.3. Philosophy; title: 1.4. Science; title: 1.5. Music, Art, and Architecture; title: 1.6. Textiles and Crafts; title: 1.7. A Fourth Century 'Red Cross'; title: 2. Who Was 'Al-Mugawqis'?; title: 3. The Historical Responsibility of the Copts; title: 3.1. Pope Diosorus (444-454); title: 3.2. Pope Benyamin (623-662); title: 3.3. Pope Yousab I (830-849); title: 3.4. Pope Ghogrial II (1131-1145); title: 4. Distinctive Identity and Provinciality; title: 5. Pseudo-Apocalyptic Writings as 'Political Resistance'; title: 6. Patriarchs of the Coptic Church; title: 7. Glossary; title: Bibliography
label: 24.; title: 1. Core Reference; title: 2. Primary References; title: 3. Other References; title: 4. Sites Accessed; title: Notes
label: 25.