Egypt had become a rich prize for two rival outsiders who were much more powerful and aggressive than the Fatimids. The first Christian crusaders appeared in Palestine in 1096 and began fighting…
Category: King of Egypt
Egypt Dynasty
Prehistory Lower Paleolithic (c. 2 Million – 100000 BC) Middle Paleolithic (100000 – 30000 BC) Upper Paleolithic (30000 – 10000 BC) Epipaleolithic Era (10000 – c. 5500 BC) Predynastic Period (5500 –…
Alexandria: The Ptolemaic Dynasty
The achievements of the Greeks in the ancient world, by no means few, may have reached their peak in the city of Alexandria. No less a ruler than its namesake, Alexander III…
Eighteenth Dynasty
If disproportionate space seem here to have been devoted to a single dynastic problem, the excuse must be firstly the importance of the two great personages who now face one another in…
Fifth Dynasty
Whatever the origin of the Fifth Dynasty, there can be no doubt as to its changed and highly individual character. According to the tale, Reddjede’s eldest son was foretold to become high-priest…
Second Intermediate Period
Since the passage of Time shows no break in continuity, nothing but some momentous event or sequence of events can justify a particular reign being regarded as inaugurating an era. What caused…
French Occupation Period
When Napoleon arrived in Cairo, he brought with him a wide array of disorders and also Europe. After the three years that he spent in Cairo, the city would never again be…
The Fatimid Period
In the second half of the tenth century, Egypt in general suffered not only from a number of low Nile floods, which in turn caused famine, but also from poor leadership of…