... 2, 1798, Napoleon, inspired by Alexander the Great's prior conquest of Egypt, invaded Cairo, and within 48 hours, Egypt fell, leaving the land open to Napoleon's goals of establishing trade in raw materials and manufactured French goods in the Middle East. With this, over a century of foreign rule, control, and influence by European powers in the Nile River Valley begins. While the ... Canal, which was the thoroughfare to Britain's biggest moneymaker - India. Also, Egypt's agriculture, the main economic interest the British has in the land, was the utilization of its cotton for raw mate...

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