British occupation of Egypt

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The British occupation of Egypt was the period beginning in 1882 when Britain established effective control over Egypt, turning it into a strategic imperial protectorate centered on the Suez Canal and profoundly shaping its political and economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
military occupation
appliesToTerritory Egypt
Sudan
country United Kingdom
endCause Suez Crisis
withdrawal of British troops from Suez Canal Zone
endTime 1956
followed Urabi Revolt
hasAdministrativeCenter Alexandria
linked to: Alexandria, Egypt

Cairo
hasCause Anglo-Egyptian War
hasEffect 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936
British control of Suez Canal
Egyptian Revolution of 1952
expansion of British Empire in Africa
integration of Egyptian economy into British imperial system
limitation of Egyptian sovereignty
rise of Egyptian nationalism
hasLeader British High Commissioner in Egypt
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Reginald Wingate
hasMainSubject Suez Canal
hasObjective maintaining regional strategic dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean
protecting British investments in Egypt
securing Suez Canal route to India
hasPart Battle of Tel el-Kebir
bombardment of Alexandria
hasPolicy control of Egyptian finances
informal empire
maintenance of public order in Cairo and Alexandria
protection of route to India
veiled protectorate
influenced Egyptian constitutional development
Egyptian education system
Egyptian legal system
Egyptian military organization
occupiedTerritory Khedivate of Egypt
Kingdom of Egypt
Sultanate of Egypt
occupyingPower United Kingdom
significantEvent Abrogation of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty in 1951
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936
Egyptian Revolution of 1952
evacuation agreement of 1954
final British troop withdrawal from Suez Canal Zone in 1956
proclamation of British protectorate over Egypt in 1914
unilateral declaration of Egyptian independence in 1922
startTime 1882

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Scramble for Africa hasKeyEvent British occupation of Egypt
Middle East Command subordinateUnit British Troops in Egypt
linked to: British occupation of Egypt
Royal Egyptian Army conflict Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882
linked to: British occupation of Egypt
13th Light Dragoons battleHonour Egypt 1882
linked to: British occupation of Egypt
Commander-in-Chief, Egypt associatedWith British occupation of Egypt
High Commissioner for Egypt roleIn British occupation of Egypt
Khedive Abbas II of Egypt reasonForRemoval World War I and British declaration of a protectorate over Egypt
linked to: British occupation of Egypt
Khedivate of Egypt significantEvent British occupation of Egypt
Aswan Low Dam historicalPeriod British occupation of Egypt
Tewfik Pasha associatedWith British Empire in Egypt
linked to: British occupation of Egypt
Hussein Kamel of Egypt ruledUnder British protectorate over Egypt
linked to: British occupation of Egypt
Sultanate of Egypt reasonForEstablishment British declaration of a protectorate over Egypt
linked to: British occupation of Egypt