The Great Game refers to the political and military rivalry between the British and Russian Empires for influence and power in Central Asia between 1813 and 1907. Afghanistan became the central focus of their struggle for control over India, one of Britain's most profitable colonies. To block European domination, Egypt initiated political and social reforms and modernized with help from the French after Napoleon's failed conquest. Muhammad Ali gained control over Syria and Arabia while instituting economic and military reforms that caused peasants to lose their lands. His grandson Isma'il continued modernizing Egypt and supported construction of the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869 and was vital to European powers by shortening travel time and distance, but British occupied Egypt in 1882 when it failed to

1. The Great Game

2. Vicente Dorador

3. Great Britain and Russia started fighting for Muslim
territories.

4. The war was waged over India

5. India was one of Britain’s
most profitable colonies

6. Afghanistan became the
center of their struggle

7. Finally Great Britain retired
from Afghanistan in 1881

8. Egypt Initiates Reforms

9. Egypt started political and
social reforms to block
European domination

10. Modernization came to
Egypt thanks to the French

11. Napoleon failed to conquer
Egypt, then a new leader
emerged…

12. Muhammad Ali

13. He gained
control of
Syria and
Arabia

14. He made reforms in
economy and military

15. And the peasants lost their
lands

17. They had to plant crops that gave
cash instead of crops that gave food

18. Muhammad Ali’s grandson
was…

19. Isma’il

20. He continued with Egypt’s
modernization…

21. And supported the construction
of the Suez Canal

22. It was a
human made
waterway that
connected the
Red Sea to the
Mediterranean

23. It saved a lot of time and
distance to the Europeans

24. Also known as “The Lifeline of the
Empire

25. It opened in 1869

26. WHEN?!?

28. In 1882 the British occupied
Egypt because they didn’t pay
the debt of the canal
construction