The Soul of Ancient Egypt: Restoring the Spiritual Engine of the World by Osman, Ahmed -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Epigraph Chapter 1 • Living in Maat: The Pharaonization of Egyptians

THE SOUL OF EGYPT WHAT’S IN A NAME? THE GIFT OF THE NILE THE MOUND OF CREATION THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA THE COSMIC ENGINE THE COSMIC LAND OF EGYPT THE STAR OF THE NILE THE SLIDING YEAR TAMPERING WITH THE RIVER FAST-FORWARD: EGYPT, TWENTIETH CENTURY CE FAST-REWIND: EGYPT, LATE FOURTH CENTURY BCE

Chapter 2 • The Invasion of Isfet (Chaos): The Christianizing of Egyptians

THE LAST OF THE PHARAOHS HEKA AND ISFET THE END OF PHARAONIC RULE THE APOSTLE’S SANDAL

Chapter 3 • God Lives in the Desert: The Islamization of Egyptians—Part 1

THE MESSENGER THE CONCEPTION OF ISLAM THE BIRTH OF ISLAM THE HOLY QUR’AN: FAST-FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 622 CE THE CAMEL’S CHOICE THE UMMA EXPULSION OF THE JEWS MAKKAH SURRENDERS TO THE PROPHET

Chapter 4 • The State Known as the Caliphate: The Islamization of Egyptians—Part 2

THE CALIPHATE AND THE SUCCESSOR OF GOD’S APOSTLE SHARIA LAW THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE THE FALL OF BABYLON ALEXANDRIA: QUEEN OF ALL CITIES

Chapter 5 • Riding on a White Steed: The Westernization of Egyptians

A DEFENSELESS COUNTRY THE BATTLE OF THE PYRAMIDS PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS? THE LEGACY THE ELITE THE END OF AN AMBITIOUS DREAM THE KHEDIVE A UNIVERSAL COMPANY

Chapter 6 • Forever Building Palaces: The Colonization of Egyptians

SPENDING SPREE BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES THE END OF THE KHEDIVES

A SEMBLANCE OF INDEPENDENCE BANKING POWER THE BROTHERS THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM THE REPUBLIC WAR AND PEACE QUIETLY EXPANDING THE NETWORK THE MARIE ANTOINETTE OF EGYPT DE FACTO PRESIDENT DICHOTOMY AND POWER

Chapter 8 • The Fortress of Tahrir Square: The Brotherhoodization of Egyptians

WHOSE REVOLUTION? THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD POLITICAL ISLAM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD EXPANDS AHMED OSMAN MEETS AL-BANNA TAKING OVER THE REVOLUTION PRESIDENT BROTHER MORSI

Chapter 9 • Finding Maat Again: The Democratization of Egyptians

THE PURGE THE REFERENDUM FIASCO THE SAVIOR RESPONDING TO THE PEOPLE’S WILL OR A MILITARY COUP? CC

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