In Chapter 6 of the book “The Modern Middle East”, James Gelvin starts with defining Imperialism, according to Ronald Robinson, imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonization, diplomacy or ideological suasion. Algeria, Egypt and Mount Lebanon experienced different kinds of imperialism. Firstly, Algeria experienced imperialism through colonialism, the process began during the 19th century when the rural population of Southern Europe grew faster than its resources creating a wide-scale impoverishment, workers and artisans moved to Algeria by the lure of employment and then the French army landed in Algeria in 1930 after 3 centuries of being an Ottoman state. Secondly, European imperialism occurred in
