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    The British occupied Egypt in 1882 for strategic and economic reasons. Strategically, they wanted control over the Suez Canal, an important shipping route. Economically, Egypt was the world's largest cotton producer, important for Britain's textile industry. During World War I, Egypt was drawn into the conflict due to its colonial status under Britain. Britain used Egypt as a base to attack Turkey and fought for control of the Suez Canal. Egyptian society included peasants, craftsmen, merchants, and slaves who did not receive payment for their labor. British rule over Egypt lasted from 1882 to 1922, when Egypt gained nominal independence, though Britain still exerted influence until full independence in 1952.

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    The British occupied Egypt in 1882 for strategic and economic reasons. Strategically, they wanted control over the Suez Canal, an important shipping route. Economically, Egypt was the world's largest cotton producer, important for Britain's textile industry. During World War I, Egypt was drawn into the conflict due to its colonial status under Britain. Britain used Egypt as a base to attack Turkey and fought for control of the Suez Canal. Egyptian society included peasants, craftsmen, merchants, and slaves who did not receive payment for their labor. British rule over Egypt lasted from 1882 to 1922, when Egypt gained nominal independence, though Britain still exerted influence until full independence in 1952.

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    The British occupied Egypt in 1882 for strategic and economic reasons. Strategically, they wanted control over the Suez Canal, an important shipping route. Economically, Egypt was the world's largest cotton producer, important for Britain's textile industry. During World War I, Egypt was drawn into the conflict due to its colonial status under Britain. Britain used Egypt as a base to attack Turkey and fought for control of the Suez Canal. Egyptian society included peasants, craftsmen, merchants, and slaves who did not receive payment for their labor. British rule over Egypt lasted from 1882 to 1922, when Egypt gained nominal independence, though Britain still exerted influence until full independence in 1952.

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    COLONIZATION - NEOCOLIALISM - TIMELINE

    Colonization of
    Egypt
    BRITISH
    DOMINATED
    EGYPT

    The British Empire decided to occupy Egypt in 1882,


    then submitted to the Ottoman Empire, for two
    reasons: one of strategic and the other economic. The
    strategy is that there for the built the Suez Canal,
    inaugurated in 1869, an important passage that
    connected the eastern oceans to the Mediterranean
    Sea, the economic motivation was that Egypt was the
    largest producer of cotton in the world, a fundamental
    cousin for the English textile industry, the most modern
    of the time​​
    FIRST WORLD WAR SLAVES

    Outbreak of World War I; Egypt is sucked into the was sustained by the work and taxes paid by
    global conflict due to its colonial status under peasants, craftsmen and small merchants. Slaves
    Britain. Egypt was used as a British base from which also made up Egyptian society and were generally
    they could carry out attacks against Turkey, and people captured in wars. They worked hard and
    conflict occurred over possession of the Suez Canal. received nothing for their work, only water and food.
    COLONIZATION OF EGYPT -
    TIMELINE

    1800 1882 1854 1875 1922 1952


    The Ottoman Empire From 1882 to 1912 The French biult the Great Britain bought Egypt got Republic of
    weakened. Egyptians was the british Suez Cannal Egypt's stock and ruled independence Egypt
    were so close to protectoret the Canal. Great Britain from the British
    being independent ruled for many years
    after helping the
    egyptians gain
    independence
    NEOCOLONIALISM IN EGYPT
    The industrialization of the European continent marked an
    intense process of economic expansion. The growth of
    industrial parks and the accumulation of capital have
    caused Europe's major economic powers to seek to
    expand their markets and demand larger quantities of raw
    materials available at low cost. It was in this context that,
    from the 19th century on, these nations sought to explore
    regions in Africa and Asia. The major powers, in order to
    maintain the pace of development, needed markets. Thus,
    an imperialist expansion emerged that hit Egypt, which
    became the scene of disputes and rivalries in the division
    of the world market.
    END OF BRITISH RULE
    The year 1954 signaled the definitive end of British rule over Egypt. A
    situation that dragged on for seven decades, since the late 19th
    century when the country of the Pharaohs fell under the control of His
    British Majesty. In this entire time, two nationalist movements fought to
    achieve national independence: the Wafd Party, led until 1927 by Saad
    Zaghlul, considered Father of the Nation, and, well after, by the Free
    Officers Movement, founded in 1949 by Colonel Gamal Nasser, which
    will fulfill the dream of the nationalists, making Egypt free from the
    foreign presence.​

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