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  2. 1919 Egyptian revolution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Egyptian revolution of 1919 (Arabic: ثورة 1919, Thawra 1919) was a nation-wide revolution in the Sultanate of Egypt against British occupation which lasted from November 1918 to July 1919. Occurring right after the end of World War I, the revolution served as the culmination of successive decades of opposition by Egyptian ...

  3. History of Egypt under the British - Wikipedia

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    History of Egypt. The history of Egypt under the British lasted from 1882, when it was occupied by British forces during the Anglo-Egyptian War, until 1956 after the Suez Crisis, when the last British forces withdrew in accordance with the Anglo-Egyptian agreement of 1954. The first period of British rule (1882–1914) is often called the ...

  4. Military of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Military of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian War Wheels. Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of eastern North Africa, concentrated along the northern reaches of the Nile River in Egypt. The civilization coalesced around 3150 BC [1] with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh, and it developed over the ...

  5. Anglo-Egyptian War - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Egyptian War. The British conquest of Egypt, also known as the Anglo-Egyptian War (Arabic: الاحتلال البريطاني لمصر, romanized: al-iḥtilāl al-Brīṭānī li-Miṣr, lit. ' British occupation of Egypt '), occurred in 1882 between Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi and the United Kingdom. It ended a ...

  6. Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) - Wikipedia

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    Location within Israel. The Battle of Megiddo (fought 15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of Pharaoh Thutmose III and a large rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states led by the king of Kadesh. [ 4 ] It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. [ 5 ]

  7. Wahhabi War - Wikipedia

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    14,000 killed. 6,000 wounded [1] 10,000–12,000 [2][3] 4,000–5,000 in Al-Safra [2] 4,700 in Nejd [3] The Wahhabi war,[4] also known as the Ottoman-Saudi War,[5] (1811–1818) was fought from early 1811 to 1818, between the Ottoman Empire, their vassal and ally the Eyalet of Egypt, and the Emirate of Diriyah, the First Saudi State, resulting ...

  8. Chariotry in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian War Chariot. Chariots were very expensive, heavy and prone to breakdowns, yet in contrast with early cavalry, chariots offered a more stable platform for archers. [citation needed] Chariots were also effective for archery because of the relatively long bows used, and even after the invention of the composite bow the length of the bow was not significantly reduced.

  9. Khedivate of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The Khedivate of Egypt (Arabic: الْخُدَيْوِيَّةُ الْمِصْرِيَّةُ or خُدَيْوِيَّةُ مِصْرَ, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [xedeˈwejjet mɑsˤɾ]; Ottoman Turkish: خدیویت مصر Hıdiviyet-i Mısır) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire, established and ruled by the Muhammad Ali Dynasty following the defeat and expulsion ...