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North africa

North africa. Egyptian Empire . Napoleon invaded ~1800 Began civil war Led to more efficient agriculture Irrigation Cash crops Major exporter of cotton Big money big money. Schools Textile mills Egyptian army All of a sudden, woah , Euro’s are interested in Egypt. Suez canal

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North africa

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  1. North africa

  2. Egyptian Empire • Napoleon invaded ~1800 • Began civil war • Led to more efficient agriculture • Irrigation • Cash crops • Major exporter of cotton • Big money big money

  3. Schools • Textile mills • Egyptian army • All of a sudden,woah, Euro’s are interested in Egypt

  4. Suez canal • Linked Mediterranean to Red sea • Similar effect to railroads, canals = big $ • Cut thousands of miles off the trip to exchange goods • Europe to asia was way quicker. Safer. • 1870’s Brits occupied Egypt • Took control of the canal • Why would they do this?

  5. Big cash to egypt as Brits bought shares in the canal to control it • Egypt used $ to build dam on upper Nile river • Brits and france now choked at each other because French wanted to use the canal also. Brits wanted to control the Nile river near Sudan. Almost a huge war. French bailed and backed off.

  6. French expansion • Take a look at the map. • Over the next 30 years French took Algiers, Tunis, Morocco • Then a unified Italy began to eye up north africa too… • Horn of Africa important. Why?

  7. Morocco big crisis batman • NW tip of Africa • Egypt still a contested area until 1904 • Compromise

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