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The French Campaign In Egypt

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Egypt, once a vast powerful empire, filled with monuments, statues of worship to gods, was laid in waist over time due to war and became a traveling route for the British too trade with India. The notable event that encouraged the growth of Egyptian artifacts was the French campaign in Egypt that was led by Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1798. This forceful campaign was devised to weaken the rule the British had in India, but it was also intended for the French to profit more by conquering Egypt as a trade and command post. Not only did Napoleon bring his powerful French army to raid and conquer, but he also brought along a group of intellectuals, scholars, and artists who were ordered to examination of Egypt, including accounts of the geography of

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