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The Rough Guide History of Egypt

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There is nothing else like this: a review of five thousand years of Egyptian history. This book sets the context for everything else you might want to read; it puts eras and events into perspective. Its massive bibliography will point you in the right direction, whether you want to read up on the modern or Arab or Ptolemaic or pharaonic periods. It is clear, reliable, and very well written. I cannot recommend it highly enough -- to students, to travelers, to anyone interested in Egypt.

This book is not really a history. It is more of a timeline, but one for thousands of years of Egyptian history. It will give you information about dates and events, but very little analysis.

However, I am not aware of any other book for the general reader which covers the whole span of Egypt's long and amazing history, a history which did not end with Cleopatra VII's suicide. This book is useful for the tourist or the casual reader, but not for the serious student of history.

This is really a remarkable book, as it starts with the prehistory of Egypt, then covers three thousand years of ancient pharaonic times, and another two thousand years of Romans, Arabs and the present day -- and it never loses its detail, its readability, its reliability. No other book of this scope has ever been written, and its a godsend to all of us fascinated by Egypt that this book is available to us now. It is a must for our bookshelves, and it is designed to fit into anyone's pocket so can accompany you on your travels down the Nile, into the office, or into the university library.