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Captured by the Ottoman Turks. Egypt remained a Turkish satrapy for four centuries.
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Napoleon conquered Egypt in 1798.
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British and Ottoman troops drove the French out of Egypt.
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The Suez Canal was completed.
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Egypt became a republic.
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Egypt entered into preliminary agreements with the United States, the UK, and the UN to finance in part a new high dam at Aswan
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Israel attacked Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Egypt lost the Sinai Peninsula to Israel.
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Egypt played an integral role in the Muslim world after the Arab conquest by 'Amr ibn-al-'As in 639–42.
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Egypt's conquerors brought in settlers from Arabia and established firm control under the Abbasid caliphate.
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The Fatmids founded Cairo.
