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Feb 1, 1516
Egypt Before Imperialism
Before Imperialism Egypt was very cicilized. they had Cities, a decent economy and large monuments that you would need thousands of people to build. -
Jan 1, 1517
Ottoman Turks Come to Power
As the Egyptian government slowly deteriorated and no one was ruling Egypt, the Ottoman Turks took over in 1517 in what was the start of the Ottoman period in Egypt. They entered Vairo and almost destroyed it taking control from that point on. -
Napolean Invades Egypt
On July 24, 1798, Napolean Bonepart looked to cut off Bristish communication with India by Capturing Egypt and it's capital of Cairo. Egypt then became a part of the Ottoman Empire.Napolean later took other parts of the country. -
Napolean Leaves Egypt
Napolean decided to move back to france and use an indirect rule with the Ottoman Empire. -
Napolean Surrenders
After The French arrived, The British were fighting the almodst the entire time. After The British defeated the French ground forces, Napolean finally surrendered in 1801. -
Egyptian Ruler Comes to Power
In 1805, egyptian Muhammed Ali came to rule and later defeated the british army in 1807 -
End of Ottoman rule
In 1805 the Ottoman turks lost control of Egypt do to ruler Muhammad Ali coming to power . -
British Leave Egypt
After being defeated by Muhammad Ali, The British left Egypt and eventually returned do to Cecil Rhodes.
