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| #864081 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1985-08-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.51 x5.43l, | File type: PDF | 164 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent introduction|By a reader from Bethesda|The one review posted before this one states very incorrectly that there is no analysis or theme -- this is simply untrue. At the very outset, on the first page of the preface, the author describes themes and overarching insights drawn from the study of Egyptian history. I learned a great deal from this 147 page book. It c||'A Short History of Modern Egypt is an excellent short book. In under l50 pages, Professor Afaf Marsot has managed to give a coherent picture of Egypt since the Arab-Muslim conquest in the year AD 639 ... (she) has told the story of Egypt very ably indeed.' Ja
The history of Egypt from the Arab conquest in 639 to the present day introduces the reader to the central paradox of Egyptian identity - the alienation of the Egyptian from his rulers, who until 1952 were foreigners, and the continuity of an area with fixed boundaries which has existed for millenia. The first three chapters deal with the Arab conquest, the age of the mamluks and Egypt's incorporation into the Ottoman Empire, while the later part of the book examines the...
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