Fashoda Incident
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title:
Fashoda Incident
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The Fashoda Incident, also known as the Fashoda Crisis, was the climax of imperialist territorial disputes between Britain and France in East Africa, occurring between 10 July to 3 November 1898. A French expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile sought to gain control of the Upper Nile river basin and thereby exclude Britain from Sudan. The French party and a British-Egyptian force met on friendly terms. However, in Europe, it became a war scare. The British held firm as both empires stood on the
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1898 Anglo-French dispute in East Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashoda_Incident
date created:
2003-07-29T02:01:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T06:01:06Z
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