Egypt as a British Protectorate
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Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.
Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.
Egypt under British Protection and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, map without a date, unknown artist; image source: Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/ward_1912/egypt_under_british.jpg.
Egypt's growing financial difficulties and its high debts enabled the British Empire to expand its influence on the Nile and to make Egypt an Anglo-Egyptian condominium after the revolts of 1882. Egypt did not become a sovereign state again until 1936.
Egypt under British Protection and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, map without a date, unknown artist; image source: Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/ward_1912/egypt_under_british.jpg.