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Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools

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North <strong>Africa</strong> –<br />

The Egyptian Empire<br />

• When Napoleon <strong>in</strong>vaded Egypt <strong>in</strong> 1798,<br />

Egyptians broke away from Ottoman<br />

rule. The French <strong>in</strong>vasion sparked a<br />

long civil war.<br />

• Muhammed Ali Pasha (1769-1849),<br />

who had led Egyptian resistance to <strong>the</strong><br />

French <strong>in</strong>vasion, seized control <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

country <strong>in</strong> 1805.

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