The History of the Middle East II
Modern Middle East
Topic Three:  Muhammad Ali and the Development of Modern Egypt

 

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Identifications:  Identify and discuss the importance  of  the following items.
Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Pasha, Albanians, Cadestral Survey of Muhammad Ali, Wahabis, Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahab, Khartoum, Abbas Pasha, Peace of Amiens (1802), Mamluks, People of Cairo, Iltizams (fiefs), Muhammad Ibn Saud, Hijaz, Polytechnic School of Egypt, Said, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Ismail, Verdi's Aida, Suez Canal Company, Empress Eugene, Khedive
Essay
1.  Discuss the modernization in Egypt under Muhammad Ali.  What happened to Egypt after the death of Muhammad Ali?  What about the Suez Canal, was it a benefit to Egypt?
2.  How did the British take over Egypt?  Why?
Reading Assignment
Ochsenwald and Fisher, Chapter 24
 

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