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Janissaries
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North Africa
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Number of Slaves
Around this time about 52,000 slaves were being sent from Africa per year. This number shows how many people were being taken out of Africa and forced into labor in other countries. -
Napoleon
In 1798 Napoleon and his army took over Egypt. From what is shown it seems that Napoleon took it over with ease. -
Enslaved People
By the year 1800 there were nearly 10 million people enslaved -
Westernization Begins
Westernization in North Africa (Egypt ) begins. A big factor is Muhammad Ali coming in and changing things and having his own ideas of wanting to be more like Europe. -
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali brought many things to North Africa at this time. Ali introduced and created a strong army. He also made cotton production more popular and helped increase local market. -
Slave Trade
After the British and US ban on African slave trade, slavery and transportation of slaves from Africa was still going on, but had declined in the number of people being taken out of Africa. -
Livelihoods
Throughout the years, rural African families earned a living from trading goods that they manufactured. However, families still provided most of their own foods from growing crops or owning some type of animals. This began to change when people started using newer tools that allowed more to be manufactured and grown. -
Brazil
Brazil was the last of the countries that banned imports on African slaves and any slave trading. -
Suez Canal
In 1869 the Suez Canal was completed this closed the
gap between Europe and Asia. This helped increase global/world trade. -
Crash of Cotton Market
Eygpt was huge in the cotton market, it helped them Westernize the area. That was utill the cotton market crashed in 1870 and decreased the westernization for Egypt. -
Scramble for Africa
After trade had begun to be estavlished with the Belgians, other countries began gaining interest in Africa. This interest sparked a "scramble" to gain the most land and resources possible. -
Export Earings
At this time the money that was coming in from the exports was used to pay fro the debts that came along with the Suez Canal. -
Bristish Occupation
When the Ottoman removed Ismail Ali from office it lead to revolts. Britain didn't want to loss access to India through the canal. The British army stepped into Egypt and began a 70 year occupation, -
Triangular Trade
From 1440 to about 1883, African merchants took part of the Triangular trade, which was trading between Africa and Europe. Merchants traded captives for goods like guns and ammunition. The second part of the trade was sending enslaved Africans to the Americas. -
Berlin Conference
In an effort to avoid war, Europeans split Africa up into colonies This changed the political and economic ways of Africa Also, this divvying up land was the beginning of Africa becoming totally colonized. -
Transport
The steam engine became very important in the advancements of trade between Europe and other countries. Trade became easier and quicker, also alowing more goods to be imported and exported from countries.
