l. The Arab conquest of Egypt to the end of the Ayyubi dynasty, 639-l250; 2. The age of the mamluks, l250-1516; 3. The Ottoman age, l5l6-l805; 4. The beginning of the state system, l805-l922; 5. The liberal experiment, l922-52; 6. The Nasser years, l952-70; 7. From Sadat to Mubarak, l970 to the present day.
A history of Egypt from the Arab conquest to the present day.
'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.' James Piscatori, American Arab Affairs
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