Why Napoleon Went To Egypt

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The official reason as to why Napoleon went to Egypt was for the purpose of conquering and for the purpose of cutting off trade routes between England and India. No one to this day can be certain of his motives but he took 150 savants with him, educated people, to record and recover.
He set sail from Toulon on 17th May 1798 with many men and ships. The numbers differ but he took around 53,000-55,000 men. The ships were so large that Arabic poet, Nicholas the Turk wrote “when they looked at the horizon, could no longer see water, but only sky and ships: they were seized by unimaginable terror”. Napoleon sailed on the ship called l’Orient. Bonaparte conquered Malta and landed near Alexandria with no interference.
At this time Egypt was under