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by ilstormcloud 1809 days ago
How is Egypt a mess before the British came exactly? How was India a mess?
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Didnt egypt take on loads of debt, invade Ethiopa, get absolutely defeated, and then have their government collapse, which was the event that allowed the British to take over?

I'm no fan of colonialism, but does Egypt really count when they were basically already a modern western power?