History of Egypt

Michael Haag (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

464 Seiten

2003
Rough Guides (Verlag)
978-1-85828-940-3 (ISBN)

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In the course of its long and remarkable history, Egypt has helped lay the foundations of Western civilization and has become a cornerstone of Islam. This guide provides an overview of the whole 5000-year span, with a time-line that takes you from the period before the pharaohs to the present day.

In the course of its long and remarkable history, Egypt has helped to lay the foundations of Western civilization and has become a cornerstone of Islam. This guide provides a concise overview of the whole 5000-year span, with a time-line that takes you from the period before the pharaohs to the present day. The guide features sidebars ranging from the Great Pyramid of Cheops to the Suez Canal crisis. Topics include irrigation, monasticism and Egyptian movies and there are illustrations and quotations throughout.

Michael Haag is an experienced author and freelance writer. He is also the author of the Rough Guide History of Greece.

From prehistory to the old kingdom c.30,000-c.2160 BC; the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom c.2160-c.1550 BC; the New Kingdom c.1550-c.1069 BC; the third intermediate period and the late period c.1069-332 BC; the Ptolemaic period 331-30 BC; the Roman and Christian periods 30 BC-640 AD; the Arab period 640-1250; Mamelukes and Ottomans 1250-1798; Egypt's encounter with the west 1798-1914; the liberal era 1914-52; Egypt under Nasser 1952-70; contemporary Egypt 1971-2003.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2003
Reihe/Serie	Mini Rough Guides
Zusatzinfo	colour illustrations, maps, timelines
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	106 x 143 mm
Gewicht	256 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Afrika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-85828-940-8 / 1858289408
ISBN-13	978-1-85828-940-3 / 9781858289403
Zustand	Neuware