For the past few centuries, Egypt was ruled by foreigners that distributed wealth among their peers and made the indigenous people their subjects. During the Nineteenth century, Egypt was ruled by Mehmet Ali and his descendants. Mehmet Ali was a general sent by the Ottoman empire to expel Napoleon Bonaparte from Egypt. Due to the increase pressure on the Ottoman Empire by Russia from the North, Mehmet Ali parted ways and planned to build his own empire with military strength. Since then, the leaders of Egypt have sustain power on owning majority of vast land. The land is used for agriculture that produces revenue to support the army of Mehmet Ali. This land was distributed among the friends and families of the kings who ruled Egypt who strengthen throughout the century. During the late nineteenth century to mid 20 century, the British extend their rule in Egypt. This was strategic for the British because they built the Suez canal which gave them a shorter route to India. Controlling the Suez Canal enabled them to control world trade which made their empire even stronger. However, the British not only controlled the Canal but exploited land. Cotton became the second most extracted product from Egypt that went to the mills in the United Kingdom. It wasn 't until the Free officers revolted against the British to leave and the indigenous Egyptians for the first time controlled their own country after centuries.
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The thriving civilization of Egypt emerged directly because of how the Egyptians handled economic, social and geographical influences.
Many civilizations have left an impact on the world. One of the major civilizations is Ancient Egypt. This civilization, now modern-country Egypt, became unite at around 3150 BC in Eastern North Africa. Three of the important things about ancient Egypt are Religion, Art/Architecture/Culture/Tradition and Education.
The establishment of the Egyptian Empire was due to a combination of various factors, originating in the establishment of the New Kingdom. Through the creation of various military and political relations by the Pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty, Egypt was able to expand & prosper leading to the establishment of a vast empire in the ‘Golden Age’ of Egyptian history.
Ancient Egypt, an ancient civilization known today as one of the world’s greatest, would last over 3000 years thanks to the many Egyptians contributing to its success. One such Egyptian was the Pharaoh, Akhenaton. Born to King Amenhotep III, Akhenaton ascended to the throne at around 1353 BCE . He was also known as Amenhotep IV, but would later change his name to Akhenaton in order to worship the god “Aton” . Akhenaton may be considered one of the most important figures in Egyptian history seeing that in the seventeen years he ruled , Akhenaton was a very unorthodox, innovative individual, who did not follow the conventional ideas the ancient Egyptians held at the time. This could be seen through his creation of a new city, his artistic innovations, and his beginning of the religious revolution.
Ancient Egypt’s empire was one of the most dominant of the ancient world. Egypt had several periods of great success followed by a change in Egypt’s power. Along with Ancient Egypt’s culture, they also had an amazingly strong religious system and beliefs. The Egyptian Empire was constantly making advancements and mastering different fields of knowledge and creation. Ancient Egypt had astounding religious beliefs, a vast amount of knowledge in a wide area of fields, and several shifts in power.
It began in 1882 wean the British army took control of political structures and economies. In 1952 the British gave up there imperialism aims and left. But the origins of the British imperialism in Egypt was because cotton was the most important cash crop Egypt went ahead and took advantage of the global cotton market during the American Civil War and the Depression of 1873 by selling cotton to meet a growing demand However during this period the Egyptian government also borrowed from European countries for improvements when the price of cotton fell Egypt had already borrowed money to the point of bankruptcy in 1876 As a consequence a group of European states established a debt repayment agency with British and French controllers. Seeing there
The British Empire has always helped the Ottoman Empire before the 1882 control of Egypt. In 1798 Napoléon and the French Republic first came to Egypt with an army where they battled at the Pyramids and defeated the Mameluke Army. This battle of the French and Mameluke prompted the British Empire that their Indian Empire was under immediate threat. This alert made the British Royal Navy go to battle with the Navy of the French Republic at the Abukir Bay; where the British Empire was able to defeat the French Republic. Later the Mameluke Army under the Ruler Muhammad Ali defeated the British Army in 1805. In 1839 the British Empire returned again where they help the Ottoman Empire by overthrowing Muhammad Ali with the help of the Austrian army where later stayed in Egypt and take control in 1882.
Egypt was the first state level society to become a pristine state. Egypt was an ever growing population which had population pressure for the need to support all of the people in the society. To be able to support the population, they needed to intense the agricultural aspect of the society. Food is one of the basic needs for life to sustain itself especially for a large population. They used the Nile extensively for the water to help the production of crops. After they planted the crops there was time of harvest in which they were able to gather food and store them for future use. They also had a hereditary leader because most, if not every pharaoh had the throne passed from one generation to another. Warfare is also needed to expand the boundaries to help give more land to support a growing population. Egypt was also surrounded by deserts and the Nile River.
Egyptian government was extremely centered around their religion. Their king, called the Pharaoh, was supposedly a descendant of Ra the sun god. This gave the ruler great power over the citizens. They believed that because he was a descendant of the gods that he himself was a god and therefore he must be the ruler of earth as Ra was ruler of the heavens. It is typically believed that the people of Egypt would have been aware that this could not be true. Egypt’s rulers were constantly being undermined by fellow nobles, the people
Multiple factors go into account when considering that Ancient Egypt is one of the best civilizations of all time. First, the location of Egypt allowed it to prosper; second, the culture was one that the world hadn’t seen until then; third, the architecture that took place baffles scientists to this day; and lastly the impact it had on modern culture.
In the old kingdom, there was no permanent army. Untrained men from villagers were called upon in time of war. Egypt’s natural barriers, the desrt for one, ensured that this didn’t happen very often. The army became professional during middle Kingdom and they fought with no armour. The Pharaoh always led his army into battle, surrounded by a group of soldiers called the ‘Braves of the King’. He rode on a chariot wearing armour and a blue war crown. Army life was tough, with very harsh training and whippings if you did something wrong. Talented soldiers could greatly improve their social position by becoming wealthy.
#12 Egyptian civilization, like other First Civilizations, did not develop by itself; many different pastoral groups or civilizations influenced Egyptian civilization through trading goods and culture, and helped Egyptians to develop its own unique culture. Being one of the greatest civilizations, Mesopotamia, located between Euphrates and Tigris river, influenced Egypt civilization greatly, as they were close in location. Because they could interact easily with each other, trading flourished, and many goods and cultural insights were exchanged. Wheat and barley, which were the main food source of Egyptians, were brought from Mesopotamia, which means that they had maintained the mutual relationship between them, as well as helping Egyptian
Egypt, once a vast powerful empire, filled with monuments, statues of worship to gods, was laid in waist over time due to war and became a traveling route for the British too trade with India. The notable event that encouraged the growth of Egyptian artifacts was the French campaign in Egypt that was led by Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1798. This forceful campaign was devised to weaken the rule the British had in India, but it was also intended for the French to profit more by conquering Egypt as a trade and command post. Not only did Napoleon bring his powerful French army to raid and conquer, but he also brought along a group of intellectuals, scholars, and artists who were ordered to examination of Egypt, including accounts of the geography of
Eventually Lower and upper Egypt united. After Egypt united they became rich and powerful, the ruler amassed their armies to protect the kingdom invade countries. They also built a strong navy by getting boat builders to build a strong wooden warships.
Because of increased interest in the area due to French occupation, Egypt began a process of modernization. Once Napoleon failed to take control of Egypt, a former Ottoman government worker named Muhammed Ali came into power. Ali fought a series of battles in order to gain control of Syria and Arabia. He made economic reforms, such as shifting Egyptian agriculture to the cash crop cotton, that brought Egypt into the international marketplace, but at the cost of food for many peasants. Isma'il, the grandson of Ali, continued his grandfather's modernization efforts by constructing the man-made Suez Canal. The canal connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and was paid for primarily with loans. Though it, and other projects of the time such as irrigation efforts and communication networks, were celebrated they put Egypt deep in a debt that it was not able to pay. As a result, Britain occupied Egypt by