French invasion of Egypt (1798)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/French_invasion_of_Egypt_(1798)

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	high on both sides
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Ibrahim_Bey gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte gptkb:Koca_Hüsrev_Mehmed_Pasha gptkb:Murad_Bey gptkb:Sidney_Smith
gptkbp:endDate	2 September 1801
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:French_campaign_in_Syria
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	increased European interest in Egypt beginning of modern Egyptology demonstrated British naval supremacy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	French invasion of Egypt (1798)
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:France gptkb:King gptkb:Ottoman_Empire gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Abukir gptkb:Siege_of_Acre gptkb:Battle_of_Heliopolis gptkb:Battle_of_the_Nile gptkb:Battle_of_the_Pyramids
gptkbp:notableFinds	gptkb:Rosetta_Stone
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Kléber gptkb:Admiral_Horatio_Nelson gptkb:Louis_Desaix gptkb:Jacques-François_Menou
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Gaspard_Monge gptkb:Étienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire gptkb:Claude_Louis_Berthollet gptkb:Dominique_Vivant_Denon
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:French_Army_of_the_Orient gptkb:Ottoman_Army Mamluk cavalry
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkbp:precededBy	French campaign in Italy
gptkbp:purpose	undermine British access to India expand French influence in the Middle East
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Egyptology gptkb:Orientalism Napoleonic campaigns
gptkbp:result	French defeat French withdrawal from Egypt Ottoman-British victory restoration of Ottoman control
gptkbp:startDate	1 July 1798
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:French-Ottoman_alliance
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7