Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?

Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?

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He wanted to prove the French built the pyramids.

He was black. He just wanted to go home.

He wanted to cross over to India and ally with muh nigga Tipu Sultan who was, at the time, killing the British with rockets.
No joke.

To hide the truth

"White supremacy caused Napoleon to blow the nose off the Sphinx because it reminded him too much of the Black man's majesty." -Louis Farrakhan

>Champoleon, the cousin of Napolean

because it wasn't his decision as he wasn't emperor, it's the campaign that put him in the spotlight tho
it was to access the orient and conquer egypt

He was sent by the Directoire to be get killed, like when he was sent in Italy, but he survived and buttraped them.

>He was sent by the Directoire to be get killed
This

why is Veeky Forums the worst board on Veeky Forums would be a better question. Bunch of worthless fucking assholes.

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it was either this or invade england

Sorry, did you get lost on your way to the containment board?

There's this powerful state in India called Mysore which used to give Britain all sorts of grief. Then they heard about Napoops and their boss, Tipu Sultan, went: "hey, French dude, we should totally ally versus Britain. I give you special trade deals."

Napoops concluded that he needed some avenue that isnt entirely controlled by Britain (i.e. the African coast) so he needed to control Egypt to trade with the Mysoreans.

This is a lefty board. Become a comrade or fuck off to /pol/.

I will stay to keep stronger tension not him tho

you wish
im not going anywhere

Makes sense, considering liberal cognitive abilities amount to that of a 10 year old child.

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>not /tv/

>Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?

>After two months of planning, Bonaparte decided that France's naval power was not yet strong enough to confront the British Royal Navy. He decided on a military expedition to seize Egypt and thereby undermine Britain's access to its trade interests in India.[31] Bonaparte wished to establish a French presence in the Middle East, with the ultimate dream of linking with Tipu Sultan, a Muslim enemy of the British in India.[59]

>Napoleon assured the Directory that "as soon as he had conquered Egypt, he will establish relations with the Indian princes and, together with them, attack the English in their possessions."[60] The Directory agreed in order to secure a trade route to India.[61]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon#Egyptian_expedition

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Napoleon invaded Egypt in order to discover and secure ancient magickal knowledge for his Illuminati brethren.

FNORD

To cut off the brits

Interesting theory.

At least they possess some of it, which is non-existence among the conservatives.

He wanted to know what was in the King's Chamber

Go back to your trap porn on /b, you retard.

To disrupt British trade to India.

and it's the shittiest board on Veeky Forums

coincidence? I think not

>HE WANTED SUEZ CONTROL AND THE SUEZ CANALS CONSTRUCTION

his new empire would run on Suez trade control

I'm with ya.

>If Alexander can do it, so can I!

That's interesting, I was told that he was sent off to succeed or be shamed, with the latter being what the Directoire wanted, didn't realise he had a hand in it himself.

THERE WAS NO SUEZ CANAL BACK THEB YOU MISERABLE FURRY

>OP says nothing about /pol/
>leftypol still finds a way to make it about /pol/
When are you guys going to admit the only reason your on Veeky Forums is to fight your autistic ideological crusade?

>This is a lefty board
LOL

I'm not that user, but didn't Napoleon plan to build the canal? I could've swore I read somewhere that Napoleon wanted to, but did not have the funds to do so.

to get to the other side