egypt iniciates reform

The Great Game

Vicente Dorador

Great Britain and Russia started fighting for Muslim

territories.

The war was waged over India

India was one of Britain’s most profitable colonies

Afghanistan became the center of their struggle

Finally Great Britain retired from Afghanistan in 1881

Egypt Initiates Reforms

Egypt started political and social reforms to block European domination

Modernization came to Egypt thanks to the French

Napoleon failed to conquer Egypt, then a new leader emerged…

Muhammad Ali

He gained control of Syria and Arabia

He made reforms in economy and military

And the peasants lost their lands

They had to plant crops that gave cash instead of crops that gave

food

Muhammad Ali’s grandson was…

Isma’il

He continued with Egypt’s modernization…

And supported the construction of the Suez Canal

It was a human made waterway that connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean

It saved a lot of time and distance to the Europeans

Also known as “The Lifeline of the Empire

It opened in 1869

1869

WHEN?!?

1869

In 1882 the British occupied Egypt because they didn’t pay

the debt of the canal construction