Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot is Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her previous publications include Egypt in the Reign of Muhammad Ali (1984) and Women and Men in Late Eighteenth Century Egypt (1995).

'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

• 1. The Arab conquest of Egypt to the end of the Ayyubi dynasty, 639–1250; 2. The age of the mamluks, 1250–1516; 3. The Ottoman age, 1516–1805; 4. The beginning of the state system, 1805–1922; 5. The liberal experiment, 1922–52; 6. The Nasser years, 1952–70; 7. From Sadat to Mubarak, 1970 to the present day; Select bibliography.

Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot is Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her previous publications include Egypt in the Reign of Muhammad Ali (1984) and Women and Men in Late Eighteenth Century Egypt (1995).

'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

• 1. The Arab conquest of Egypt to the end of the Ayyubi dynasty, 639–1250; 2. The age of the mamluks, 1250–1516; 3. The Ottoman age, 1516–1805; 4. The beginning of the state system, 1805–1922; 5. The liberal experiment, 1922–52; 6. The Nasser years, 1952–70; 7. From Sadat to Mubarak, 1970 to the present day; Select bibliography.

Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot is Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her previous publications include Egypt in the Reign of Muhammad Ali (1984) and Women and Men in Late Eighteenth Century Egypt (1995).

'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

• 1. The Arab conquest of Egypt to the end of the Ayyubi dynasty, 639–1250; 2. The age of the mamluks, 1250–1516; 3. The Ottoman age, 1516–1805; 4. The beginning of the state system, 1805–1922; 5. The liberal experiment, 1922–52; 6. The Nasser years, 1952–70; 7. From Sadat to Mubarak, 1970 to the present day; Select bibliography.