Egypt And The Loss Of African Rule: A History of Power, Conquest, and Foreign Rule in Ancient Egypt. From the last African dynasty to the Arab

Egypt And The Loss Of African Rule: A History of Power, Conquest, and Foreign Rule in Ancient Egypt. From the last African dynasty to the Arab

Was Egypt always ruled by foreign empires, or was there a time before conquest? Egypt and the Loss of African Rule presents a clear, chronological history of Egypt’s transformation from African-led governance to foreign imperial control. Rooted in the Nile Valley, Egypt developed as one of Africa’s earliest civilizations before a sequence of invasions reshaped its political authority, administration, and identity. This book traces that transition step by step, beginning with Egypt’s final period of African rule under the Kushite pharaohs and continuing through Assyrian invasion, Persian administration, Greek conquest, Roman control, Byzantine transformation, and the Arab conquest. Written in accessible language for general readers, this historical study focuses on power, governance, and administration rather than ideology or speculation. It examines how foreign empires governed Egypt, why control of the Nile Valley mattered, and how Egypt’s role changed within wider imperial systems, while its population remained largely continuous. Ideal for readers interested in ancient history, African history, the Nile Valley, and the empires of the Mediterranean and Near East, Egypt and the Loss of African Rule offers a grounded account of one of the most important political transformations in world history.