The Characteristics Of Egypt: The Power Of The British Empire

The term power is defined in the Oxford dictionary as capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. We can certainly say that this is one of the traits the British Empire definitely had. Egypt was controlled by the British Empire in 1882 and gradually progressed onward. This historiography paper will examine two historians’ theories from a neutral point of view Professor Jim Jones from West Chester University and Marxist- Leninist point of view from an Arabian Soviet Union Historian specialist Vladimir Borisovich Lutsky on the topic British Empire gradually controlling Egypt.

The British Empire first came in as a helping hand to the Ottoman Empire and stabilize the region from outside attackers.

All of the favors that are being put out by the British government are in favor of the British and not the Egyptians. Lutsky has valid points, but his views are one-sided as well he does not tell us how this cotton scale helped the Egyptian get out of debt even if it was a little bit and how the British Empire helped Egyptians in the long run.

Professor Jim Jones view is neutral he is not for a single side. His point of view shows us the full picture and is very different from Vladimir Lutsky points of view. Professor Jones indicates that British Empire did try to withdraw their forces, but had to defend themselves from a revolt from the fundamentalists.

“Although British prime minister Gladstone tried to withdraw the British forces immediately, there was no Egyptian government left to maintain order, and even worse, the British invasion ignited a revolution by fundamentalist Muslim forces in the Sudan on the Upper Nile River under the leadership of a man known as the

They were late because there were revolts from the Muslims such as that on the Upper Nile River. In Vladimir he does not provide us with this type of indication that they did try to leave, but rather he they wanted to stay forever and take control of Egypt. Professor Jones gives us also another overall picture on the financial status of Egypt, but he also acknowledges why they had such debt and why was so much. The debt came from modernization of Egypt by the ruler Ismali and by service fee from other foreigners. We also see that Professor Jones gives us a way that the British did help the Egyptians by buying shares of the Suez Canal that they had before the war as