Introduction

"Egypt is the gift of River Nile"

Before we go further into the topic, we need to have some background understanding of both Egypt and Great Britain. On one hand was Egypt, once a great empire and centre of learning of the Arab world, and Great Britain, an emerging European power unchallenged on the seas. At the same time, imperialism is an age-long idea that is used to explain the concept colonisation.

In this section, we will look at a brief background summary of Egypt and Great Britain, and also the idea of Imperialism and its links with colonisation.