Fashoda Incident (FC)

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The British thought their control of Egypt and the Suez Canal would only be assured if they also possessed the headwaters of the Nile in the Sudan

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The Fashoda incident reminded Europeans that oversea rivalries could drag them into war

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While the British and Egyptians were conquering the Sudan a French army reached Sudan from West Africa. This caused the British and French to face each other in Fashoda.

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For 16 years the Sudanese nationalists resisted attempts to occupy their land. In 1898 a combined force of British and Egyptians conquered the Sudan.

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For weeks the two European powers seemed on the brink of war. In the end, the domestic crisis over the Dreyfus Affair forced the French to withdraw.