Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 25 May 2015 Chapter 12 Outline Imperialism/Colonialism, 1870 ? 1914 1869, Suez Canal opened; sliced thru 100s of mi. ofEgyptian desert to link Mediterranean/Red seas, cutting trip from London to Bombay in ? Showcased abilities of West power/tech to transform globe, human cost: 30k Egyptians worked as forced laborers, 1k?s died during cholera epidemics French under Napoleonled, Brit?s bankers followed; Euro financial interests dev?d. relationship with gov?t of Egypt as semi-indep. State inside Ottoman Empire 1875, Brit ctrl?d. canal, purchasing 44% of canal?s shares from Egyptian khedive when he was threatened with bankruptcy 1880s, econ./political relationships produced debt/instability in Egypt
Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870–1914
Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 25 May 2015 Chapter 12 Outline Imperialism/Colonialism, 1870 ? 1914 1869, Suez Canal opened; sliced thru 100s of mi. ofEgyptian desert to link Mediterranean/Red seas, cutting trip from London to Bombay in ? Showcased abilities of West power/tech to transform globe, human cost: 30k Egyptians worked as forced laborers, 1k?s died during cholera epidemics French under Napoleonled, Brit?s bankers followed; Euro financial interests dev?d. relationship with gov?t of Egypt as semi-indep. State inside Ottoman Empire 1875, Brit ctrl?d. canal, purchasing 44% of canal?s shares from Egyptian khedive when he was threatened with bankruptcy 1880s, econ./political relationships produced debt/instability in Egypt
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