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Ancient Egypt

See W. S. Smith, Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (1958); Pierre Montet, Lives of the Pharaohs (1968); W. M. F. Petrie, History of Egypt (6 vol., 1898–1905, repr. 1972); H. I. Bell, Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest (1949, repr. 1977); W. E. Budge, The Dwellers on the Nile (1977); Nigel Strudwick, The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom (1985); C. P. Ingraham, The Legendary History of Ancient Egypt (2 vol., 1986); Naphtali Lewis, Life in Egypt Under Roman Rule (1986).

Modern Egypt

See Charles Issawi, Egypt at Mid-Century (1954); Mahmoud Zayid, Egypt's Struggle for Independence (1965); P. M. Holt, Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, 1566–1922 (1966); Jacques Berque, Egypt (1972); R. W. Baker, Egypt's Uncertain Revolution under Nasser and Sadat (1978); Elie Kedourie and S. G. Haim, ed., Modern Egypt (1980); Israel Gersheni, The Emergence of Pan-Arabism in Egypt (1981); Christina Harris, Nationalism and Revolution in Egypt: The Role of the Muslim Brotherhood (1964, repr. 1987); Joel Beinin and Zachary Lockman, Workers on the Nile (1988); Anthony McDermott, Egypt from Nasser to Mubarak (1988); Gehad Auda, Political-Military Relations in Egypt (1990); P. J. Vatikiotis, The History of Modern Egypt (4th ed. 1991).

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