ARB 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Muhammad Ali Of Egypt, Arab Nationalism, Fuad I Of Egypt
13 May 2017
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1978 they ear the arabs swallowed the red pill . July 1798: napoleon conquers egypt (battle of the pyramids) 1805 egypt became a huge power mohamed ali pasha (governor of egypt from. 1805-1848) and his son almost took over the empire. 1832 algerian leader emir abdel-qadir leads resistance against french occupation. 1844 france defeats emir abdel-qadir in algeria, and then invades morocco. Tens of thousands of french colonists settle there. 1863 khedive ismail becomes governor of egypt, launching westernizing reforms that penalize the religious class and create a new landowning elite. 1869 ferdinand de lesseps, funded by the egyptian government, declares the completion of the suez canal. 1869 opening of the swiss canal: egypt opens the cairo opera house to celebrate the opening of the swiss. 1880 massive european colonization of egypt, mainly in cairo and alexandria. 1881 muhammad al-mahdi"s rebellion against the british in sudan. 1882 britain invades egypt and imposes political, military, and economic control.
