Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajalugu lühikonspekt
The british presence in Egypt and
Sudan
Britain and France controlled the Suez canal
and Egypt
Britain became the sole occupier
Sudan was controlled for 13 years by mahdi
followers but was reconquered and jointly
governed by Egypt and Britain until 1956
General Gordon and Khartoum
1885
British general, the hero of Crimean and
Chiense wars
In 1881 Muhammad Ahmad, Mahdi, a Muslim
leader and founder of the Mahdiya
brotherhood in Islam, proclaimed holy war to
purify Islam and overran Sudan
General Gordon went to Sudan to ecacute
Egyptian force, was revolted and died martyr´s
death
The British Expansion in East Africa
In 19 C the Sultan of Zanzibar received a strip
of ten miels broad along the coast which
British east Africa Company leased
Zanzibar (an island) was annexed and
recoginsed as British protectorate. In following
years protectorate was established over