1. Napolean Bonaparte
... in 1797, Napoleon proposed that he would invade Egypt to destroy the British trade with the Middle East. Early in 1798, Napoleon set sail for Egypt with a fleet of about 38,000 men. Napoleon reached Egypt in July 1798. There, he utterly defeated the Mamelukes, Egypt's military rulers, in the battle of the Pyramids. All of southern Egypt now came under Napoleon's control.(World Book, 19) ... and spread like wildfire. The people of France, who had lost confidence in the French government, cheered the return of their new, young hero. In a bold move, known as the Coup d"Etat of eighteenth Bru...
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