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Effects Of Western Imperialism

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European imperialism first started though diplomacy and military threats in the middle eastern. Europeans would use this in order to get preferable trading terms. Europeans would also demand special rights for staying in Muslim land. The slowly crumbling Ottoman empire helped western expansion. Many of the European countries hoped to gain more land or influences the region , such as: France, Russia, and Germany. Another thing that helped western imperialism was was the death of Muhammad Ali. He was the “father of modern Egypt” and he greatly strengthen Egypt. However, in 1849 Muhammad died and his successors lacked the skills which caused Egypt to under control to europeans. Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French entrepreneur, made a company to build
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