BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 LAND -- RELIEF -- THE NILE VALLEY AND DELTA -- THE EASTERN DESERT -- THE WESTERN DESERT -- SINAI PENINSULA -- DRAINAGE -- SOILS -- CLIMATE -- PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE -- CHAPTER 2 PEOPLE -- ETHNIC GROUPS -- LANGUAGES -- RELIGION -- SETTLEMENT PATTERNS -- RURAL SETTLEMENT -- URBAN SETTLEMENT -- DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS -- CHAPTER 3 ECONOMY -- AGRICULTURE AND FISHING -- RESOURCES AND POWER -- MANUFACTURING -- FINANCE -- TRADE -- SERVICES -- LABOUR AND TAXATION -- TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- CHAPTER 4 GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- JUSTICE -- POLITICAL PROCESS -- SECURITY -- HEALTH AND WELFARE -- HOUSING -- EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 5 CULTURAL LIFE -- DAILY LIFE AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS -- THE ARTS -- CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS -- SPORTS AND RECREATION -- MEDIA AND PUBLISHING -- CHAPTER 6 HISTORY -- FROM THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST TO 1250 -- PERIOD OF ARAB AND TURKISH GOVERNORS (639-868) -- THE TULUNID DYNASTY (868-905) -- THE IKHSHIDID DYNASTY (935-969) -- THE FATIMID DYNASTY (969-1171) -- THE AYYUBID DYNASTY (1171-1250) -- THE MAMLUK AND OTTOMAN PERIODS (1250-1800) -- THE MAMLUK RULERS (1250-1517) -- THE OTTOMANS (1517-1798) -- FROM THE FRENCH TO THE BRITISH OCUPATION (1798-1882) -- THE FRENCH OCCUPATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (1798-1805) -- MUHAMMAD 'ALI AND HIS SUCCESSORS (1805-82) -- THE PERIOD OF BRITISH DOMINATION (1882-1952) -- THE BRITISH OCCUPATION AND THE PROTECTORATE (1882-1922) -- THE KINGDOM OF EGYPT (1922-52) -- THE REVOLUTION AND THE REPUBLIC -- THE NASSER REGIME -- THE SADAT REGIME -- EGYPT AFTER SADAT -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.