Q: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
A very early text from this country concerns a government functionary who flees to Israel after hearing of a murder plot against the king. A later text tells of a brother, Bata, who is rewarded with a wife made out of clay by the god Khnum, although that wife later betrays him. An author from this country wrote a novel about a man who smokes hashish to forget his government's hypocrisy. That man also wrote of Kamal, the son of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al- Jawad, in a series that included Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street. For 10 points, name this country, the setting of Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy.
A:
History