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1799 in Egypt
- Siege of El ArishIn the beginning of 1799, a force of 2,160 soldiers under the command of Jean Reynier marched towards the Ottoman fortress of El Arish.
- French invasion of Egypt and SyriaNapoleon Bonaparte departed from Toulon in May 1798 with a fleet of around 36,000 troops. His goal was to undermine British trade routes and expand French…
- Battle of Abukir (1799)In July 1798, a French expeditionary force of over 40,000 men landed in Alexandria. Napoleon proposed the annexation of Egypt as part of a wider plan to…
- Rosetta StoneA decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt stands as a stele of granodiorite. The stone bears three versions of this text, each written…