POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Arab Socialism, Social Inequality, Farouk Of Egypt
21 Dec 2016
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Long history as political entity oldest political system of the planet, possibly. 1798-1801: french occupation by napoleon: napoleon"s invasion led to european interest in grabbing parts of ottoman empire and revealed empire"s weakness in the east. 1804-1849: under mohammed ali, egypt state and economy develops/ modernization program, challenges ottoman empire. Increasing problems of debt under successors, suez canal opened in 1876: as egypt was unable to pay its debt, british and french installed dual control to administer egypt"s finances, and western involvement generated nationalist protest. 1882 britain seizes full control: 1919 revolution leads to formal independence in 1922, anglo egyptian treaty in 1936 saw withdrawal of most british forces. 1952 king faruq overthrown by nationalist free officers citing corruption, foreign influence, and social inequality. Gamal abdel nasser emerges as eventual egyptian president: quickly became authoritarian: ban on political parties, land reform, nationalization of.
