Egypt 7000 Years: Humanity's Long and Splendid Civilization (Longitude and Latitude Series)

Looking around the world, no country's history can match the antiquity, richness and diversity of Egypt's history. However, because scholars tend to divide Egyptian history into distinct eras—prehistoric, pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, medieval Islamic, Ottoman, and modern times—so far it has rarely been studied as a panoramic picture. The writing of this book is fluent and the content is rigorous and reliable. It vividly tells the extensive history of Egypt over thousands of years with unprecedented breadth, leading readers through the long corridor of Egyptian history, from the mysterious pre-dynasty of ancient Egypt to the Arab Republic of Egypt in the 21st century. The author focuses on some core issues, such as how to view Egyptian history from a holistic perspective, and how the West shapes the mainstream image of Egypt through direct contact and academic perspectives. Combining current historical scholarship with his own research, Jason Thompson has produced an outstanding work that is comprehensive and concise, providing students, travelers, and general readers with a fascinating single-volume narrative of the long history of mankind in the Nile Valley, and highlighting the surprisingly close connection between the ancient land of the Pharaohs and modern Arabia.