GLOBALIZATION IN EGYPT IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT: “GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMY AND TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITIES IN ISLAMIC EGYPT

Abstract

A thorough understanding of the significance and essence of migration flows is essential to effectively manage migrants and the communities they impact. Such insights are also crucial for creating the capacity to manage various policy areas linked to population mobility. In this context, the era of Egyptian history starting with Amr ibn al-'s in 639-642 AD and ending with the Ottoman Turks' conquest of Egypt in 1517 AD is worth examining. This is considered a period when Egypt threw off its past and embraced a new language, a new religion, and an entirely new civilization. While it is true that many aspects of Egyptian culture were abandoned in some ways, people’s lives remained largely unchanged, especially in rural areas. This study focuses on the processes by which Egyptian Islamicate civilization developed, especially within the processes of Arabization and Islamization. However, to confine Egyptian history to internal developments is to distort it, given that Egypt was part of a great world empire for the entire period under consideration. Egypt’s history, in this larger sense, is a record of its long struggle to conquer the empire, both in ancient and modern times. The history of Egypt in the Middle Ages is examined in this paper, from its opening by Arab powers in 640 ADS to its occupation by the Ottoman Empire in 1517 AD. This has required compressing almost nine centuries of history with several significant events summarized.