While the economically driven goals of French occupation in Egypt were the primary objective, Napoleon continued to stress European cultural and social civility in the region and showed intolerance for his Egyptian subjects. Napoleon himself disliked Islamic clothing, calling it “barbaric”. However, this insistence upon Egyptians to become civilized according to French standards also led to positive impacts: for example, the first medical school was established shortly after the establishment of French rule by a young Frenchmen, A. B. Clot Bey and the creation of the Institut d Egypte encouraged the study of Egyptians culture to the Western World – leading to accomplishments such as the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone.

However, this period of French rule was short-lived and in 1799, British Admiral, Lord Nelson, with the hopes of endin

g the longstanding French threat to Britain’s colonies, successfully destroyed Napoleon’s fleet at Abukir, off the coast of Alexandria. However, the British, after this battle, only provided a military presence in the region, leaving the formal roles of government to the loosely Ottoman government under the rising leader, Muhammad Ali. Credited with the modernization of Egypt: its military, its transportation system, and its agricultural products, Muhammad Ali clearly threatened the Ottoman Empire’s role in Egypt, expanding into Sudan and annexing it as a possession in 1822 and invading Ottoman territories. Consequently, in 1839, the Ottomans and the British successfully allied against Mohammad Ali and left Egypt to Mohammad’s descendants.

With the wake of British occupation, the primary goals of newly appointed governors in Sudan were to break up the government monopolies in trade – first established during Muhammad Ali’s administration and to gain control of the trade of raw materials for European use and manufacturing. Eventually, with steadily increasing British influence in Sudan, the British merchants that have long anticipated widespread trade in the region, opened up the Southern Sudan to exploration and commerce, bringing the vast upper-Nile equatorial regions into European trade.

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