Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Chronology
Maps
1. The Gift of the Nile
2. The Birth of Egyptian Civilization: Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt
3. The Old Kingdom
4. The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom
5. The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom
6. The Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period
7. Ptolemaic Egypt
8. Egypt in the Roman Empire
9. Coptic Egypt
10. The Advent of Islam
11. The Fatimids and Ayyubids
12. The Mamluks
13. Egypt in the Ottoman Empire
14. The Birth of Modern Egypt
15. Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt
16. The British Occupation of Egypt
17. The Parliamentary Era
18. Nasser
19. Sadat
20. Mubarak
21. Postscript to Revolution
Notes
Recommended Reading
Image Sources

Promotional Information

Jason Thompson is the author of Sir Gardiner Wilkinson and His Circle, Edward William Lane (AUC Press, 2010), and Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology (3 vols.; AUC Press, 2015, 2018). He is the editor of Edward William Lane’s Description of Egypt (AUC Press, 2000) and An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (AUC Press, 2003).

About the Author

Jason Thompson is the author of Sir Gardiner Wilkinson and His Circle, Edward William Lane (AUC Press, 2010), and Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology (3 vols.; AUC Press, 2015, 2018). He is the editor of Edward William Lane’s Description of Egypt (AUC Press, 2000) and An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (AUC Press, 2003).

Reviews

"“Intended to offer travelers especially a basic background in Egyptian history, Thompson’s survey fluidly relates thousands of years of time. . . . An excellent introduction to Egyptian history.”—Gilbert Taylor, Booklist, ""A remarkable work of synthesis, cohesion, and understanding.""—Al-Ahram Weekly, ""[An] excellent summation of the flow of Egyptian history.""—Egyptian Archaeology, ""[The] dearth of comprehensive histories is answered handsomely by Thompson's survey.""—Saudi Aramco World"