The Nile: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture

646 Pages·2017·23.31 MB·English

by  John A. Shoup

Map of Egypt showing the course of the Nile. Nearly all of Egypt’s population is crowded into the
narrow Nile Valley.
The Nile
An Encyclopedia of Geography, History,
and Culture
JOHN A. SHOUP
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Thematic Essays
Geography of the Nile
History of the Nile
Religions of the Nile
Politics and the Nile
Culture of the Nile
Legends about the Nile
Environmental Issues of the Nile
Controversies of the Nile
Part II: Topical Entries
‘Abd al-Halim Hafiz (1929–1977)
Abu Simbel
Abydos
Ahmad Rifa’at Tahtawi (1801–1873)
Ahmad ‘Urabi (1841–1911)
Alexandria
Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–present)
Ancient Egyptian Religion
Aswan
Aswan Dam, Low and High
Atbara River
Bahr al-Ghazal River
Baker, Samuel (1821–1893), and Baker, Florence (1841–1916)
Barring, Sir Evelyn (Lord Cromer) (1841–1917)
Blue Nile River
Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769–1821)
Bruce, James (1730–1794)
Buganda
Bujagali Falls
Bunyoro
Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821–1890)
Cairo
Cataracts of the Nile
Churchill, Winston (1874–1965)
Coptic Christianity
Coptic Churches and Monasteries
Coptic Museum
Damietta
Dendara
Dinka
Disuq
Edfu
Egyptian Gods
Egyptology
Emin Pasha (Eduard Schnitzer) (1840–1892)
Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
Fashoda (Kodok)
Fayyum
Felucca (Falukkah)
Giza
Gonder
Gondokoro
Gordon, Charles George (1833–1885)
Grant, James Augustus (1827–1892)
Haile Selassie I (r. 1916–1974)
Hasan al-Turabi (1932–2016)
History of Egypt: Ancient
History of Egypt: Islamic Period
History of Egypt: Ptolemaic and Roman Periods
History of Southern Sudan
History of Sudan: Ancient Kush and Nubia
History of Sudan: Arrival of Christianity and Islam
History of Sudan: Modern Period
Idi Amin Dada (1928–2003)
Islam on the Nile
Islamic Monuments
Islamic Museum
Jamal ‘Abd al-Nasir (Gamal Abdel Nasser) (1918–1970)
Jinja, Ripon Falls, and Owen Falls Dam
Jonglei Canal
Juba
Judaism on the Nile
Kampala
Kassala
Khartoum and Omdurman
Khedive Isma‘il (1830–1895)
Khedive Tawfiq (1852–1892)
King Faruq (1920–1965)
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert (1850–1916)
Kom Ombo
Lake Albert
Lake Kyoga
Lake Mariut
Lake Nasser
Lake Tana
Lake Victoria
Lane, Edward William (1801–1876)
Luxor
Mahmudiyyah Canal
Malakal
Mansurah
Menelik II (1889–1913)
Mengistu Haile Mariam (r. 1977–1991)
Meroe
Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi (c. 1844–1885)
Muhammad ‘Ali (1769–1849)
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (1917–1981)
Muhammad Husni Mubarak (1928–)
Murchison Falls
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities: The Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Museveni, Yoweri (1944–present)
Mutesa I (r. 1856–1884)
Najib Mahfuz (1911–2006)
Nile Delta
Nuba
Nuba Mountains
Nubar Pasha (1825–1899)
Nubians
Nuer
Pharaonic Temples
Rashid
Rastafaris (Rastafarians or Rastas)
Religious Holidays and Celebrations
Ruwenzori Mountains (Rwenzori)
Saad Zaghlul (1859–1927)
Sennar
Sennar, the Funj State
Shilluk
Speke, John Hanning (1827–1864)
Stanley, Henry Morton (1841–1904)
Sudd, The
Sufism and Sufi Brotherhoods
Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
Tanta
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987)
Tayib Salih (1929–2009)
Thesiger, Wilfred (1910–2003)
Tis Isat Falls
Traditional Religions of Southern Sudan
Umm Kulthum (c. 1898–1975)
‘Uthman Diqna (c. 1840–1926)
Wadi Halfa
Western Christianity on the Nile
White Nile River
Wingate, Orde (1903–1944)
Yohannes IV (r. 1872–1889)
Yusuf Wahbi Bey (1897–1982)
Part III: Primary Documents
Document 1: Hymn to Nut, the Sky-Goddess, and Hymn to Ra, the Sun-God
Document 2: The Book of the Dead
Document 3: The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor
Document 4: The Story of Sinuhe
Document 5: The Peasant and the Workman
Document 6: What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
Document 7: A Walk Across Africa
Document 8: How I Found Livingstone
Document 9: Exchange of Notes between Her Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom and the Egyptian Government on the Use of Waters of
the Nile for Irrigation
Document 10: United Arab Republic and Sudan Agreement (with Annexes)
for the Full Utilization of the Nile Waters
Document 11: U.S. Statement on Aswan High Dam
Selected Bibliography
Index