Goldschmidt, Arthur,

A brief history of Egypt/ Arthur Goldschmidt, Jr. - New York : Facts on File, c2008. - x, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-279) and index.

The land and its people -- Ancient Egypt (c. 10,000 B.C.E.-525 B.C.E.) -- Persian, Greek, Roman, and Arab rule (525 B.C.E.-1250 C.E.) -- Mamluk and Ottoman rule (1230-1798) -- Early westernizing reform (1798-1879) -- The British occupation and nationalist resistance (1879-1918) -- Ambiguous independence (1918-1936) -- The Palestine question and world war II (1936-1952) -- Military rule and Arab nationalism (1952-1961) -- Arab socialism (1961-1971) -- Anwar Sadat (1971-1981) -- Contemporary Egypt (1981-2007).

ISBN: 9780816066728 0816066728

LCCN: 2007007374

Dewey Class. No.: 962