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Main Author: Raymond, Andre (Author)

Other Authors: Wood, Willard.

Format: Book

Language: English
French

Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2000.

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Cairo (Egypt) > History.

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Call Number: DT148 .R3913 2000

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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Foundations (642-1250)
  • 1. Fustat, the First Capital
  • 2. Cairo, Fatimid City
  • 3. Cairo under the Ayyubids
  • Part 2. Medieval Cairo (1250-1517)
  • 4. The Mamluks
  • 5. The High Point of Mamluk Cairo (1250-1348)
  • 6. The Great Crisis (1348-1412)
  • 7. Maqrizi's Cairo
  • 8. The End of an Era (1412-1517)
  • Part 3. The Traditional City (1517-1798)
  • 9. A New Political System
  • 10. Urban Society
  • 11. Expansion under the Ottomans
  • 12. City Administration and Daily Life
  • 13. Spheres of Activity
  • Part 4. Contemporary Cairo (1798-1992)
  • 14. A Slow Awakening (1798-1863)
  • 15. The Dream of Westernization (1863-1936)
  • 16. The Nightmares of Growth (1936-1992).