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Evaluate the impact of European Imperialism on Egypt in the early twentieth century:

It was in the year 1882 that Egypt was legitimately ‘acquired’ by Britain, one of Europe’s greatest powers, (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). The nations failing economic system and the lands strategic economic and military positioning, especially in relation to the Suez Canal, led to the desire of many European countries to imperialise the nation. This was successfully achieved by Britain through the deployment of warships sent to Alexandria, (Cleary, n.d.). Despite only being officially under a British Protectorate established in 1914, Egypt was heavily impacted by Imperialism at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a result of Britain’s selfishly motivated actions. Egypt was impacted through the improvement of the economy and infrastructure, the westernisation of Egypt, the continued failure of the education and health systems, and moreover the loss of freedom for Egyptians, as well as the exploitation and death of natives and revolutionary activity, (Rogers, 2016).

Egypt was positively impacted by Imperialism through the betterment of the economy which previously had been at a critical low. The the poor nature of Egypt’s economy which supposedly made it ‘necessary’ for Britain to intervene is described by the Earl of Cromer through his imperialistic view: “the treasury was bankrupt…” (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). It was after British acquisition that the economy slowly began rising again. Then, only a few years later in 1889, the economy stabilised and started to see a budget surplus, (Lusombe, n.d.). The British achieved this through the expansion of the Egyptian cotton and light industries as well as through tourism and later on through the supplying of allied countries with resources during the first world war, (Lusombe, n.d.). Not only did imperialism positively effect the economy, but it also impacted the country through the development of greater infrastructure. British imperialism saw the development of better dams, rail ways and roads throughout the country, which would continue to be beneficial to the nation even after Britain’s departure, (Rogers, 2016). The stabilisation and furthering of Egypt’s economy and the resulting expansion of infrastructure demonstrates the positive impact that Imperialism had on Egypt a

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Imperialism in Egypt

Evaluate the impact of European Imperialism on Egypt in the early twentieth century:

It was in the year 1882 that Egypt was legitimately ‘acquired’ by Britain, one of Europe’s greatest powers, (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). The nations failing economic system and the lands strategic economic and military positioning, especially in relation to the Suez Canal, led to the desire of many European countries to imperialise the nation. This was successfully achieved by Britain through the deployment of warships sent to Alexandria, (Cleary, n.d.). Despite only being officially under a British Protectorate established in 1914, Egypt was heavily impacted by Imperialism at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a result of Britain’s selfishly motivated actions. Egypt was impacted through the improvement of the economy and infrastructure, the westernisation of Egypt, the continued failure of the education and health systems, and moreover the loss of freedom for Egyptians, as well as the exploitation and death of natives and revolutionary activity, (Rogers, 2016).

Egypt was positively impacted by Imperialism through the betterment of the economy which previously had been at a critical low. The the poor nature of Egypt’s economy which supposedly made it ‘necessary’ for Britain to intervene is described by the Earl of Cromer through his imperialistic view: “the treasury was bankrupt…” (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). It was after British acquisition that the economy slowly began rising again. Then, only a few years later in 1889, the economy stabilised and started to see a budget surplus, (Lusombe, n.d.). The British achieved this through the expansion of the Egyptian cotton and light industries as well as through tourism and later on through the supplying of allied countries with resources during the first world war, (Lusombe, n.d.). Not only did imperialism positively effect the economy, but it also impacted the country through the development of greater infrastructure. British imperialism saw the development of better dams, rail ways and roads throughout the country, which would continue to be beneficial to the nation even after Britain’s departure, (Rogers, 2016). The stabilisation and furthering of Egypt’s economy and the resulting expansion of infrastructure demonstrates the positive impact that Imperialism had on Egypt as a country.

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Imperialism in Egypt

Evaluate the impact of European Imperialism on Egypt in the early twentieth century:

It was in the year 1882 that Egypt was legitimately ‘acquired’ by Britain, one of Europe’s greatest powers, (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). The nations failing economic system and the lands strategic economic and military positioning, especially in relation to the Suez Canal, led to the desire of many European countries to imperialise the nation. This was successfully achieved by Britain through the deployment of warships sent to Alexandria, (Cleary, n.d.). Despite only being officially under a British Protectorate established in 1914, Egypt was heavily impacted by Imperialism at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a result of Britain’s selfishly motivated actions. Egypt was impacted through the improvement of the economy and infrastructure, the westernisation of Egypt, the continued failure of the education and health systems, and moreover the loss of freedom for Egyptians, as well as the exploitation and death of natives and revolutionary activity, (Rogers, 2016).

Egypt was positively impacted by Imperialism through the betterment of the economy which previously had been at a critical low. The the poor nature of Egypt’s economy which supposedly made it ‘necessary’ for Britain to intervene is described by the Earl of Cromer through his imperialistic view: “the treasury was bankrupt…” (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). It was after British acquisition that the economy slowly began rising again. Then, only a few years later in 1889, the economy stabilised and started to see a budget surplus, (Lusombe, n.d.). The British achieved this through the expansion of the Egyptian cotton and light industries as well as through tourism and later on through the supplying of allied countries with resources during the first world war, (Lusombe, n.d.). Not only did imperialism positively effect the economy, but it also impacted the country through the development of greater infrastructure. British imperialism saw the development of better dams, rail ways and roads throughout the country, which would continue to be beneficial to the nation even after Britain’s departure, (Rogers, 2016). The stabilisation and furthering of Egypt’s economy and the resulting expansion of infrastructure demonstrates the positive impact that Imperialism had on Egypt as a country.

Alternatively, British imperialism negatively impacted Egypt through the westernisation and loss of culture the nation experienced, (Rogers, 2016). This westernisation occurred as a result of Britain’s power over most of Egypt: “We have examples of this in Egypt, which has to all practical purposes become a British province…” (Hobson, 1902). Hobson, despite his British perspective, exposes how Britain took ultimate control of the nation, therefore having power over things such as what was taught in schools. This lead to the teaching of English and the spread of Christianity across the nation. There were also a large number of non Egyptian citizens who influenced natives with the ways of western culture: “We are not now a country of Africa, but a country of Europe” (Pakenham, 1990). Furthermore, irrelevant of the introduction of western teaching in schools, ultimately the education system was neglected. Despite Britain’s opportunity to improve the education system of Egypt, they focused on economic, political and military matters, resulting in the continued poor level of literacy across the nation, (Rogers, 2016). Similarly, Britain neglected to establish a health care system which they were capable of and which would have greatly benefitted Egypt. The loss of culture, westernisation, continued low level of education and absence of a health care system display the negative impacts imperialism had on Egypt during the early twentieth century.

Furthermore, as a result of imperialism Egypt suffered a great loss of freedom and control over its own country. European powers controlled the nation politically, economically, militarily and in most other ways, (Lutsky, n.d.):“Take up the White Man’s burden, Ye dare not stoop to less, Nor call to loud on freedom…”( Kipling, 1899). Through his poem and pro-imperialistic position Kipling reveals the purposely implemented lack of freedom the Egyptians suffered due to the colonisation of the British. New laws were introduced by the British and most power belonged to the Earl of Cromer, who was greatly assisted by the British army, (Lutsky, n.d.). Not only did Britain control most areas of Egypt, but Egyptian powers actually had very little or no say in matters regarding themselves at all, even the Khedive (viceroy), held no authority with the British: “The cabinet and the Khedive himself were in the same position. Actually, all power in Egypt was in the hands of a British administrator.” (Lutsky, n.d.). This lack of authority not only negatively impacted Egypt at the time through the lack of freedom and poor treatment they suffered as a result, but also led to negative impacts after the reign of Britain. Once European powers had cleared out of Egypt they were left without any firm political structure that could effectively govern the country. Imperialism had a massive and negative impact on Egypt as can be seen through the lack of freedom that resulted from British colonisation of the nation, (Lutsky, n.d.).

Additionally, many Egyptians died due to exploitation and the occurrence of revolutionary activity as a result of imperialism. In his report on imperialism in Egypt, Hake describes the corruption that took place in the country: “…and in the following year he annihilated an army of eleven thousand English and Egyptians…” (Hake, 1914). This exploitation ultimately led to the 1919 revolution, (Library of Congress, n.d.). Not only was the revolution caused by the negative impacts of imperialism, but it itself caused further impacts that negatively effected Egypt. The main impact was the death toll. It is estimated that 800 Egyptians died while a further 1600 were injured during revolutionary activity, (“Egyptian revolution of 1919,” 2016). Egyptians were used as cheap labour and were greatly exploited both in their work in cotton industries and also when working on Infrastructure, (Rogers, 2016). This grand exploitation would often lead to the death of workers who had been pushed too far: “…the Suez Canal project… Over one million Egyptians worked on it, many as forced laborers, and thousands died.” (Cleary, n.d.). The number of lives lost and the nation widespread exploitation of Egyptians further exhibits the extent of the adverse impact Imperialism had on Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century.

At the beginning of the twentieth century Egypt was massively impacted by British Imperialism. Imperialism had a primarily negative effect on the nation with the loss of culture, education, health care and freedom. Nevertheless, the countries economy was positively impacted with the expansion of the cotton industry, however after the departure of Britain the country again fell into financial crisis, signifying how Imperialism had a large and predominately negative impact on the nation of Egypt.

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Imperialism in Egypt

Evaluate the impact of European Imperialism on Egypt in the early twentieth century:

It was in the year 1882 that Egypt was legitimately ‘acquired’ by Britain, one of Europe’s greatest powers, (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). The nations failing economic system and the lands strategic economic and military positioning, especially in relation to the Suez Canal, led to the desire of many European countries to imperialise the nation. This was successfully achieved by Britain through the deployment of warships sent to Alexandria, (Cleary, n.d.). Despite only being officially under a British Protectorate established in 1914, Egypt was heavily impacted by Imperialism at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a result of Britain’s selfishly motivated actions. Egypt was impacted through the improvement of the economy and infrastructure, the westernisation of Egypt, the continued failure of the education and health systems, and moreover the loss of freedom for Egyptians, as well as the exploitation and death of natives and revolutionary activity, (Rogers, 2016).

Egypt was positively impacted by Imperialism through the betterment of the economy which previously had been at a critical low. The the poor nature of Egypt’s economy which supposedly made it ‘necessary’ for Britain to intervene is described by the Earl of Cromer through his imperialistic view: “the treasury was bankrupt…” (The Earl of Cromer, 1908). It was after British acquisition that the economy slowly began rising again. Then, only a few years later in 1889, the economy stabilised and started to see a budget surplus, (Lusombe, n.d.). The British achieved this through the expansion of the Egyptian cotton and light industries as well as through tourism and later on through the supplying of allied countries with resources during the first world war, (Lusombe, n.d.). Not only did imperialism positively effect the economy, but it also impacted the country through the development of greater infrastructure. British imperialism saw the development of better dams, rail ways and roads throughout the country, which would continue to be beneficial to the nation even after Britain’s departure, (Rogers, 2016). The stabilisation and furthering of Egypt’s economy and the resulting expansion of infrastructure demonstrates the positive impact that Imperialism had on Egypt as a country.

Alternatively, British imperialism negatively impacted Egypt through the westernisation and loss of culture the nation experienced, (Rogers, 2016). This westernisation occurred as a result of Britain’s power over most of Egypt: “We have examples of this in Egypt, which has to all practical purposes become a British province…” (Hobson, 1902). Hobson, despite his British perspective, exposes how Britain took ultimate control of the nation, therefore having power over things such as what was taught in schools. This lead to the teaching of English and the spread of Christianity across the nation. There were also a large number of non Egyptian citizens who influenced natives with the ways of western culture: “We are not now a country of Africa, but a country of Europe” (Pakenham, 1990). Furthermore, irrelevant of the introduction of western teaching in schools, ultimately the education system was neglected. Despite Britain’s opportunity to improve the education system of Egypt, they focused on economic, political and military matters, resulting in the continued poor level of literacy across the nation, (Rogers, 2016). Similarly, Britain neglected to establish a health care system which they were capable of and which would have greatly benefitted Egypt. The loss of culture, westernisation, continued low level of education and absence of a health care system display the negative impacts imperialism had on Egypt during the early twentieth century.

Furthermore, as a result of imperialism Egypt suffered a great loss of freedom and control over its own country. European powers controlled the nation politically, economically, militarily and in most other ways, (Lutsky, n.d.):“Take up the White Man’s burden, Ye dare not stoop to less, Nor call to loud on freedom…”( Kipling, 1899). Through his poem and pro-imperialistic position Kipling reveals the purposely implemented lack of freedom the Egyptians suffered due to the colonisation of the British. New laws were introduced by the British and most power belonged to the Earl of Cromer, who was greatly assisted by the British army, (Lutsky, n.d.). Not only did Britain control most areas of Egypt, but Egyptian powers actually had very little or no say in matters regarding themselves at all, even the Khedive (viceroy), held no authority with the British: “The cabinet and the Khedive himself were in the same position. Actually, all power in Egypt was in the hands of a British administrator.” (Lutsky, n.d.). This lack of authority