Before British imperialism in ancient Egypt was ruled by kings called pharaohs. In 639 AD muslim arab attacked Egypt and conquered them. Muslim leaders called Caliphs ruled Egypt for years until 1250, a group of slaves that had military training and positions in army, took Egypt from the muslims. After years of ruling Egypt a group called the Ottoman came in and took over Egypt, they were alliances with Britain and wanted to force the french out of their country.The leader of Ottoman military was Muhammad Ali, while he was ruler he focused on industrialization and modernization. Muhammad strengthened the military, focused on cultivating the land, sent officials to britain to be educated. He also increased trade with Europe. His son Sa’id Pasha …show more content…
Britain wanted to take control of The Suez Canal and the european countries and they took over egypt in the process. After Egypt was conquered Britain changed their government and their economy to British imperialism. Britain ruled Egypt for about 74 years. The Egyptian citizens were sick of how they were treated so they demanded independence from Britain, in 1906 British officers killed a woman by a accident on a hunting trip.That accident was called the 1906 Dinshaway Incident. From 1883 - 1907 Lord Cromer governed Egypt and cleared up Egypts finances, reformed agricultural practices, and promoted railways. He also abolished whipping egyptian peasants and forced laborers. The 1906 Dinshaway Incident caused Lord Cromer's to resign from his position, this was the cause or involvement with World War 1 that led to a outburst in the british judgement. In the 1920s Egypt broke away from Britain for good, some of the british influence stayed in Egypt such as station troops wherever they wanted. They wrote a new constitution, the new government of Egypt was a constitutional monarchy. After they wrote the new constitution they established that britain troops shouldn’t be all over Egypt so they put them by The Suez