In a lecture delivered at the Consulate of Egypt in Montreal, the author explained that Egypt is one of the most ethnically homogeneous countries although she was invaded by many foreign armies. The country was known as the land of the Copts. It is a unique country where two religious transformations took place: from paganism to Christianity and from Christianity to Islam. The official language of the country also changed twice: from Egyptian to Greek and from Greek to Arabic, although the population was speaking Coptic from about the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD. In the first century AD all Egypt was Christianized. Many Copts adopted Islam to evade paying the tax, to such an extent that those who preferred to remain Christian became a minority. They were persecuted by the Romans, the Arabs, and by the Mameluks and were considered heretics by the Byzantines. Their history is briefly told by the author in 92 pages, fully illustrated by coloured pictures. ISBN 2-922686-09-4. Published September 2006. Price $10 + postage.
Table of Contents
- Rosetta Stone, Key to Ancient Egypt
- Gold and Alchemy in Ancient Egypt
- Egypt under Persian Rule
- The Greco-Roman Period
- The Byzantine Period
- The Arab Invasion
- The Mamelukes Rule
- The Ottoman Period
- The French Expedition
- Mohamed Ali Family
- Modern Egypt
- Epilogue
Index
