How Did The British Control Ancient Egypt
For hundreds of years, Egypt was ruled by the Ottoman Empire until taken over by the French in 1798 and remained under French influence until the British gained control in 1882. By 1922, Britain was in full power of Egypt and their government was run by a constitutional monarchy that mirrored that of Belgium specifically, among other European countries. This monarchy was not uniquely Egyptian, but an illusion of independence perpetuated by the British and named the Veiled Protectorate. Britain wanted to control Egypt to stabilize the Egyptian government to ultimately benefit that of the British. While in control of Egypt, the British often disregarded the needs of the Egyptian people and used it as an economic asset and excessively mined for Petroleum. In his work, Modern Egypt, Sir Evelyn Baring, the first earl of Cromer and British diplomat who spent a great amount of time in Egypt, wrote that: “those nine or ten million native Egyptians at the bottom of the social ladder: a
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This uprising, called the Nasser Regime not only overthrew the monarchy but reinstated the government and turned it into a republic. After the downfall of the monarchy, the government was controlled by the Nasser-led Revolutionary Command Council with Major General Muhammed Naguib as its figurehead leader. However, in 1954 Nasser rose up and removed Naguib from his previous position. Nasser was extremely popular and he was extremely effective as the Egyptian prime minister. Perhaps his greatest feat in this two year period of time was the new constitution that he wrote, making the Republic of Egypt a socialist state. The first presidential election of the new, socialist Republic of Egypt was held on June 23, 1956 and Nasser won the election with 99.95% of the votes, becomming the first president of the Republic of