15/15 weeks ready · Follows the order of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education textbook History of Egypt and the Arabs, Modern and Contemporary (تاريخ مصر والعرب الحديث والمعاصر), Third Year of Secondary School (Grade 12, literary section), Term 1. The book is one volume for the whole year and has no term marking; Darslab places Chapters 1–4 (Egypt from the French campaign of 1798 to the events of 1952) in Term 1 and keeps Chapters 5–8 (the Arab world, Palestine and the contemporary period) for Term 2. All explanations, activities and quizzes are Darslab’s own.
Term 1Chapter 1 The French campaign on Egypt and the Levant; Chapter 2 Building the modern state in Egypt (Muhammad Ali and his successors to the debt crisis); Chapter 3 Egypt from the Urabi movement to the First World War; Chapter 4 Egypt after the First World War (1919 to 1952); general review
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الحملة الفرنسية: الأسباب وحال مصر والنزول Chapter 1 (part): why France wanted Egypt, the state of Egypt before 1798 (economy, society, Ottoman and Mamluk rule), the landing and the first battles
من أبي قير إلى الجلاء: المقاومة والآثار Chapter 1 (end): resistance on sea and land, from Acre to the French departure in 1801, and the effects of the campaign (administration, economy, science)
محمد علي: من الاضطراب إلى الانفراد بالحكم Chapter 2 (part): the struggle for Egypt after 1801, the rise of Muhammad Ali, his appointment as governor in 1805 and the end of his rivals (Fraser's expedition, the popular leaders, the Mamluks in 1811)
دولة محمد علي: الاحتكار والتعليم والأجهزة Chapter 2 (part): Muhammad Ali's monopoly system (agriculture, industry, trade, transport), the new social forces, education (missions and schools) and the machinery of the state (councils, provinces, courts, army and navy)
حروب محمد علي: العرب والمورة والسودان والشام Chapter 2 (part): foreign policy and Muhammad Ali's wars (Arabia, the Morea, Sudan, Syria and Anatolia) and the first European reaction
بعد ١٨٤٠: التسوية وسقوط الاحتكار والقناة Chapter 2 (part): the London settlement of 1840 and the firmans of 1841, the end of the monopoly and its effects on agriculture, industry and trade, the Suez Canal concession, and the social, educational and cultural effects under Abbas, Said and Ismail
إسماعيل: المجلس والمحاكم والفرمانات والقرن الأفريقي Chapter 2 (end): institutions after Muhammad Ali (the consultative council, the courts, the army), Ismail's firmans, Egypt in the Horn of Africa and Europe's reaction
الديون والرقابة الأجنبية وبداية الحركة العرابية Chapter 3 (part): the debt crisis and foreign control, the end of Ismail's reign, Tawfiq's first years, the Law of Liquidation, the first national party and the causes of the Urabi movement
الاحتلال وسنوات الخمود الوطني Chapter 3 (part): why the Urabi movement failed, the political, economic and educational arrangements under the British occupation, and the quiet years of the national movement until Abbas II's clash with Cromer
الحركة الوطنية من مصطفى كامل إلى الأحزاب الجديدة Chapter 3 (end): the press and salons, Mustafa Kamil, Fashoda and the Condominium of 1899, the Entente Cordiale of 1904, Denshawai, Muhammad Farid and the new parties of 1907
الحرب العالمية الأولى والوفد وأحداث ١٩١٩ Chapter 4 (part): Egypt in the First World War (the Protectorate), the Wafd and the events of 1919, Britain's response, Paris and the Milner mission
من تصريح ١٩٢٢ إلى الحرب العالمية الثانية Chapter 4 (part): the declaration of 1922, the constitution of 1923 and parliamentary life (the 1924 government, the Stack crisis, minority governments), the treaty of 1936 and Egypt in the Second World War
من العهد الملكي إلى ٢٣ يوليو ١٩٥٢ وقرارات ما بعدها Chapter 4 (end): 1944–1952 (the 1948 war, the 1951 abrogation, Ismailia and the Cairo fire), the causes and events of 23 July 1952, and the measures and foreign relations until 1970
مراجعة الفصل الدراسي الأول Term 1 review (Chapters 1–4): the French campaign, Muhammad Ali and his successors, the debts and the occupation, the national movement and the events of 1919 to 1952; new mixed tasks
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Darslab. Lessons follow the order of the Ministry’s textbooks; all explanations, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own. Pictures of animals, plants and objects: Twemoji, CC BY 4.0.