1 lugl 1798 anni - Napoleon invades Egypt

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Invades Egypt (wants to wipe out British trade routes with India)
Victory at the Battle of the Pyramids in July 1798
Forces decimated by the British at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 (this is a irreversible loss that cements Britian's status as the largest naval power for the remainder of the century)
In early 1799, Napoleon’s army launched an invasion of Ottoman Empire-ruled Syria (but it failed)
Napoleon abandons the invasion of Egypt

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