Weegy: C) interfered with the French treatment of their slaves in Saint Domingue. (More)

Weegy: were established in 1966. User: Egypt was able to build a modern state based on cotton exports until Weegy: Egypt was able to build a modern state based on cotton exports until 1882. (More)

Weegy: A. promote British trade overseas User: what about # 43 Weegy: E. all of these User: and # 46 Weegy: D. hoped to better their economic and social position User: A significant impetus to increasing global commercial expansion in the nineteenth century included Weegy: A significant impetus to increasing global commercial expansion in the nineteenth century included: the technological revolution in the construction of oceangoing ships User: A significant method of instilling nationalism was (More)

Weegy: The French forces took Alexandria without difficulty, defeated the Mamluk army at Shubra Khit and Imbabah, and entered Cairo on July 25. Murad Bey fled to Upper Egypt while Ibrahim Bey and the Ottoman viceroy went to Syria. [ Mamluk rule in Egypt collapsed. Nevertheless, Napoleon's position in Egypt was precarious. The French controlled only the Delta and Cairo; Upper Egypt was the preserve of the Mamluks and the bedouins. In addition, Britain and the Ottoman government joined forces in an attempt to defeat Napoleon and drive him out of Egypt. On August 1, 1798, the British fleet under Lord Nelson annihilated the French ships as they lay at anchor at Abu Qir, thus isolating Napoleon's forces in Egypt. On September 11, Sultan Selim III declared war on France. On October 21, the people of Cairo rioted against the French, whom they regarded as occupying strangers, not as liberators. The rebellion had a religious as well as a national character and centered around Al Azhar mosque. Its leaders were the ulama, religiously trained scholars, whom Napoleon had tried to woo to the French side. During this period, the populace began to regard the ulama not only as moral but also as political leaders. The French forces in Cairo surrendered on June 18, 1801, and Menou himself surrendered at Alexandria on September 3. By the end of September, the last French forces had left the country. ] (More)

Weegy: Egypt was always a difficult province for the Ottoman Sultans to control, due in part to the continuing power and influence of the Mamluks, the Egyptian military caste who had ruled the country for centuries. [ As such, Egypt remained semi-autonomous under the Mamluks until it was invaded by the French forces of Napoleon I in 1798. After the French were expelled, power was seized in 1805 by Muhammad Ali Pasha, ] User: Who became the leader of Egypt after the failure of the French, Mamluk, and Ottoman governments? (More)