As far back as you can imagine, this region has been contested for as long as humanity has records. Mesopotamia is called "the cradle of civilization" - where was this located? Modern man will tell you "the Middle East", but this is deceptive.

Bear in mind that the Suez Canal is totally artificial and didn't exist until the 19th century, before it existed there was nothing at all separating Egypt from Jerusalem. This is all part of the picture. There was nothing foreign about the trade routes or civilizations or empires or terrain between the two regions, they were both part of the same continent.

In ancient times, for example, europeans didnt know much about africa (other than northern africa) at all, save for a few trade routes.

How ancient are you talking about here? I mean the Bible writes about these places, the Romans write about these places. Pretty much as far back as there are written records these regions were known about and fought over.

And prior to the age of discovery, many europeans considered egypt as a part of asia.

I'd like to see a source on that because it is definitely false. I mean you can just look at a world map and see the obvious, that Egypt is literally sitting there as part of mainland Africa.

Forget about the "middle East" for a second, just look at a map and you'll see that at least Egypt is clearly a part of the African continent.

I respect you, but i dont see where you are coming from

Where I'm coming from is that this was a deliberate Euro-centric deception that's been perpetuated over the last century. If we had lived 150 years ago, this debate wouldn't exist - it was common knowledge that that area was a part of Africa. As is clear of Europeans (the leaders and royals of course, I'm not trying to insult anyone), they've gone to great lengths to place themselves at the center of all great world events and accomplishments. I think this is all part of it - it just wouldn't do to have people associating some of the most profound historical events/periods/civilizations as being "African". No, no, that's "the Middle East". It all happened in the "Middle East", this fictional term invented in the 20th century.

Edit: Also, as far as free versions of those books? I'm not sure. I was introduced to this subject by a friend who had one of them and I purchased the other one myself because I found this subject so intriguing and with such far reaching implications/consequences. And it seems to be a pretty closely guarded secret which is another thing that always interests me.