Course

code	BM332
credit_hours	2
title	Egyptian Culture and Civilization
arbic title
prequisites	None
credit hours	2
Description/Outcomes	• Get Familiar with remote antiquities of Egypt.rn• Know the Egyptian characteristics and religious beliefs and practices and their social and political system. rn• Recognize he richness of Egyptian language and Heritage.rn• Get Familiar with the urbanization development in modern and contemporary period.rn
arabic Description/Outcomes
objectives	The course serves as an introduction to the great Egyptian civilization that shaped the Egyptian culture all over history. It presents the ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture, Coptic and Islamic Art and Architecture. It focuses on famous Egyptian antiquities in Egyptian and universal Museums. It also studies the Urbanization Development in Egypt.
arabic objectives
ref. books	-Cairo, the Glory years, Who built What, When Why and for Whom, Samir W. Raafat,rnAlexandria, Hippocrates Publishing, 2003,rn331Prn-Islamic Architecture in Cairo, an Introduction, Doris Behrens- Abouseif, Cairo, AUC Press, 1989, 173prn-The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, Richard H.Wikinson, Cairo,rnAUC press, 2005, 256Prn
arabic ref. books
textbook	Egypt (History and Civilization) – R. ventura – Cairo – Osiris press- 224P
arabic textbook
objective set	bullets
content set	combined

Course Content

content serial	Description
1	Introduction
2	Brief History of Egypt
3	Egyptology and Orientalism
4	Egyptian Identity and Worldwide Heritage
5	Life and Customs of Ancient Egyptians.
6	Ancient Egyptian Monuments
7	7th week exam
8	Ancient and Modern Capitals of Egypt / Field Trip
9	Islamic and Coptic Art and Architecture in Egypt
10	Life and Customs in Islamic Egypt
11	National and International Museums of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities
12	12th week exam
13	Urbanization and Modernization of Egypt
14	Life and Customs in Modern Egypt
15	Final Revision
16	Final Exam