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The Project Gutenberg EBook of History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12), by S. Rappoport This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12) Author: S. Rappoport Release Date: December 17, 2005 [EBook #17332] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF EGYPT *** Produced by David Widger HISTORY OF EGYPT From 330 B.C. to the Present Time By S. RAPPOPORT, Doctor of Philosophy, Basel; Member of the Ecole Langues Orientales, Paris; Russian, German, French Orientalist and Philologist VOL. XII. Containing over Twelve Hundred Colored Plates and Illustrations THE GROLIER SOCIETY PUBLISHERS, LONDON [Illustration: Spines] [Illustration: Cover] [Illustration: Frontispiece] COLLECTION OF VASES, MODELLED AND PAINTED IN THE GRAND TEMPLE PHILAE ISLAND. [Illustration: 001.jpg PAGE IMAGE] [Illustration: 002.jpg PAGE IMAGE] _MODERN EGYPT_ _EGYPT DURING THE CRUSADES--RISE OF THE OTTOMAN POWER--NAPOLEON IN EGYPT--THE RULE OP THE KHEDIVES--DISCOVERING THE SOURCE OF THE NILE--ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY._ _Spread of Muhammedanism--Spirit of the Crusades--The Fati-mite Caliphs--Saladin's brilliant reign--Capture of Damietta--Conquests of Beybars--Mamluks in power--Wars with Cyprus--Turkish misrule--Napoleon invades Egypt--Battle of the Pyramids--Policy of conciliation--Nelson destroys the French fleet--Napoleon in Syria--Battle at Mount Carmel--Napoleon returns to France--Negotiations for surrender--Kleber assassinated--French army surrenders--Rise of Mehemet Ali-Massacre of the Mamluks--Egyptian army reorganized--Ibrahim Pasha in Greece--Battle of Navarino-Revolt against Turkey-Character of Mehemet Ali--Reforms under his Rule--Ismail Pasha made Khedive--Financial difficulties of Egypt--England and France assume control--Tewfik Pasha becomes Khedive--Revolt of Arabi Pasha--The Mahdist insurrection--Death of General Gordon--Kitchener's campaign against the Dervishes--Prosperity of Egypt under English control--Abbas Pasha becomes Khedive--Education, courts, and government of modern Egypt--The Nile;
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