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14 Cards in this Set
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1869 |
Suez canal opened |
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1875 |
Disreli acquires 45% of shares |
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1878 |
Dual control of egypt by french and british |
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1879 |
Khedive ismail recieves a telegram from sultan addresing him as ex khedive following pressure from french and english |
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1881 |
Radical islamic leader mahdi emerged in sudan intent on driving ouy Egyptian overlords |
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1882 |
Occupation of Egypt, france withdraws from dual control |
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1883 |
Baring arrives as consul general - army led by sir william hicks is wiped out by mahdist forces |
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1884 |
General gordan dispatched to evacuate Egyptian garrisons and foreign nationals from the sudan |
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1885 |
General gordon besieged in kharoum and dies with entire garrison |
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1886 |
Lord salisbury becomes priminister |
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1887 |
Agreement for britain tobwithdraw is reached but french and Russian threats against thebsultan convince britain that their strategic interests are best served by not withdrawing |
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1890 |
British declare whole of nile valley under their sphere of influence |
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1896 |
Salisbury orders expedution to be ked by kitchener to secure source of the nile and pacify mahdists |
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1898 |
Battle of omdurman - britisg and french forces meet at fasjoda in an incident that could have led to war between britisg and french |
