Unit 3- Britain- The Nile Valley

Question 1

What are the 5 main features of the Nile Valley section?

1882-1898

Answer 1

1) British strategic interests- fears of European rivals
2) Original British thinking to occupy Egypt (Gladstone)
3) Attitudes of the Egyptians towards the British
4) Attitudes of the British and its public and army towards the Egyptians
5) Battle of Omdurman (1898- Sudan)
Lord Kitchener’s veneration for Lord Gordon
Justification for his savage attack towards the mahidist forces

Question 2

British intervention in Egypt

Answer 2

Fear of sole French influence in Egypt, a key strategic point, ensured British involvement in 1882
There was a real fear in the late 1890s that French power would reach the upper Nile from west of Africa

Salisbury’s government decided to occupy the Sudan to counter these threats