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| EGYPTIAN HISTORY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ancient Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ancient Egypt was a long-standing civilization in north-eastern Africa. It was concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River, reaching its greatest extent in the second millennium BC, during the New Kingdom. It reached from the Nile Delta in the north, as far south as Jebel Barkal at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile. |
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| The history of ancient Egypt proper starts with Egypt as a unified state, which occurred sometime around 3150 BC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FRENCH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT------ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Napoleon arrived in Egypt on Wednesday, July 5, 1798. He was on his way to India. Egypt just happened to be in the way. The people resented him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Napoleon moved into the Mohammed Bey al Elfi palace, which was brand new. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cairo�s first revolt agaist the occupation of the French happened in 1973. The people killed General Dupuy and many of his soldiers. The people then put up barricades in all parts of the city.
So, the French then set about destroying parts of the city and Giza. In 1799, Napoleon left Egypt to become First Consul of France. He left Kleber in charge. On June 17, 1800, General Kleber was stabbed to death at the palace headquarters at Ezbekiya, on his terrace. Kleber was succeeded by General Jacques Menou. |
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