Napoleon's expedition lands in Egypt with soldiers, scholars, and a printing press; the ease of the conquest shocks the Muslim world, opens the modern encounter with Europe, and begins the age of reform, reaction, and revival that runs to the present.
Tagged: Modern Reformist Islam Muslim Sunni Islam
The Event
- Date
- 1798 (exact)
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Egypt
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sunni Islam, Modern Reformist Islam
- Key figures
- Napoleon Bonaparte, Al-Jabarti
- Key texts
- Al-Jabarti, Chronicle
Primary Sources
- Al-Jabarti, History of Egypt
Secondary Sources
- Gelvin, The Modern Middle East: A History (Oxford, 4th ed. 2016)
- Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (Faber, 1991)
Provenance: HIST-0246; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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