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Egypt went from being under the control of the Mamluk Sultanate to being under the control of the Ottoman Empire. -
france under napoleon's command invaded egypt until its defeat in 1801. -
Egypt gained independence from the Ottoman Empire, with the help of Muhammad Ali -
France decided to invade Algeria because of alleged diplomatic conflicts, the invasion lasted approximately 50 years until in 1880 France already had a much larger control of Algeria. -
Ferdinand de Lesseps signed a contract to build the Suez Canal. -
Suez Canal was finish -
The British were interested in the Suez Canal, so they bought the territory where it was located. -
Egyptians along with Ahmed Urabi rose up against Tewfik Pasha's government because of the poor economy and lack of jobs, in this year we also appreciate to the partitioning of African countries by the European powers -
the British army decided to intervene to put an end to the revolt and bombed Alexandria.
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Italy tried to invade Ethiopia in 1896 but was defeated, and tried again to conquer an African country in this case was the Turkish Tripoli, which was renamed Libya. -
France decided to turn Morocco into a protectorate 8 months after this it made agreements with Spain and gave them the territory of Ceuta and Melilla.
