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Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, Hubris, and the Contemptible Betrayal of Paupers Passing Themselves off as Princes
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Napoleon in Egypt Battle of Aboukir 1799
Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt led to a decisive showdown at Aboukir in 1799. Outnumbered but determined, his army faced off ...
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The Man Who Beat Napoleon!
Napoleon Bonaparte's ambition to establish an empire in the East was crushed in 1799 at the Siege of Acre by Ahmed Jazzar Pasha. On 20 May 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte lifted the siege of the city of ...
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Napoleon stranded a bunch of scientists in Egypt and now we have modern archaeology
Napoleon approved, and two fresh commissions of savants arrived in Egypt on an archaeological mission in September 1799. Related stories Napoleon's savants published a giant encyclopedia of Egypt ...