Egyptian Eyewitness Describes Napoleon's Brutal Invasion (1798) Al-Jabarti's Chronicle
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Text from Napoleon in Egypt : Al-Jabarti's Chronicle of the French Occupation, 1798, translated. by S. Moreh, with permission by Markus Wiener Publisher, Princeton NJ 08542
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Art by Alex Stoica
Thumbnail Image by French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 - 1904)
Text from Napoleon in Egypt : Al-Jabarti's Chronicle of the French Occupation, 1798, translated. by S. Moreh, with permission by Markus Wiener Publisher, Princeton NJ 08542
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7:05 "Sometimes they break this rule according to their whims"
lol, nice observation.
Stories like this are reason why everyone ought consider keeping a personal journal or diary.
Even the most mundane of stories could prove to be of immense historical value, being able to be compared with historical events we all learn about, lends insight into what people thought going through such events.
But you never know if you'll find yourself in the middle something that changes the face of history for future generations.
I'm just glad throughout the ages people became more and more literate. It sucks we can't get first hand accounts from regular people in say the Roman republic or or ancient Persia, etc. I never thought I'd be interested in people's journals and diaries, letters etc. Recording anything and everything back then would seem magical due to how big the world was.
This is hardly a mundane story
Being invaded by Napoleon is not quite mundane 😂
Most people write their day to day lives down now. Future generations with excavate the ruins of Twitter & Facebook.
They’ll hate us
@@Jess-737 let us pray that the future lacks the technology to read anything in our time that’s not written in actual ink.
Your post pleases me
I am Egyptian and I read this part of the book (عجائب الآثار في التراجم و الأخبار), (The Marvelous Compositions of Biographies and Events), in it's original Arabic, but your narration style, images and sound effects make it way more interesting and immersive
These are all just fantastic. It's so interesting hearing the words of people long dead.
they really are fascinating, terrifying, brutal, disgusting, almost unbelievable and so insightful. i love when one writer talks about how much the other group smelt, or how gross they were or how strangely they ate. then you hear the opposing side describe them in the same way, smelling, dirty, bad hygiene and sexual promiscuity. they should have high school students learn about these kinds of works. it opens your mind to so many new ideas.
He dead?
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I find it frightening because the words we type now are also words of the dead.
@@jacobstein9549 no he is 247 years old now but still has good health
Little info Al jabarti was a Somali man who was born and lived in Cairo his dad was a sheikh from Somalia who moved to Cairo.
@Slyphie The Forest Elf an African perhaps?
@Slyphie The Forest Elf not black Somali
I was wondering why he had a somali name. Makes sense now. Its actually even a common name amongst one particular somali tribe.
@@comradekenobi6908 Egyptian and Somalis and everyone in Africa is African so your question is confusing
@@fieldmarshal7081 nah im joking
I don't see enough people talk about the french conquests in Egypt. It's always told in a romanticized and fantastical fashion, very different to how it actually went
I don't think enough people talk about France's actions outside of Europe tbh.
Yes that is ironic. Especially how it ended, with Napoleon fleeing, and abandoning all of his men there. Going back to France and proclaiming a victory. The second time he abandoned a whole army to destruction, as he did when he fled Russia. Why he is regarded as heroic is beyond me...
@@hyperion3145I don't think enough people talk about the middle easts and asia's barbaric treatment of europe for 1000's of years before these evil colonies finally expanded with exotic tech.
@@hyperion3145It's easier to blame it on British or American imperialism
@@RatmanSayswhat are you talking about , what you are saying is nonsense
Incredible content! It's a damn shame UA-cam keeps passing on promoting historical content. This is gold.
"UA-cam keeps passing on promoting historical content"...what exactly are saying here?
Hmmm, UA-cam is a mini democracy. Videos and channels that get traffic are the dumb, and funny stuff which a general population likes. Only a handful of people are actually interested in beautiful stuff like history, mathematics and engineering. It's sad really how analytics can tell us what most of us are interested in.
We learn from history and so the answer
To be fair the English offer would sound shady to any leader.
I would have permitted 2 ships. And maybe after some time 1 more
@@mariocisneros911 Stalin felt the same way too when the English warned him of the impending attack on stalingrad.
What's shady about asking someone to prepare for war. No enemy asks you for this
Sounds like NATO
Six years after the French left, the British invaded Egypt and tried to take it over. Its not mentioned much in the history books because it ended in a humiliating defeat.
Such a scathing account of the French! Would even make an Englishman blush. Especially fascinating when compared to the reluctantly complimentary tone when describing them in-battle.
British propaganda on Napoleon continues to dog the great mans legacy to this day.
I'm listening to this like "pwah! You know the French 😤."
Actually I do not know the French. I'm just easily influenced 😖
Nothing of this should make you blush considering your own history
Fighting invaders of your land tends to do that
@@comradekenobi6908 I don't think you understood any of the comments above
5:26 "In the name of liberty and equality, we are taking both of those things from you."
French being French
"Liberté... egalité...
Tu arrubbe a me
I'arrobbo a ttè..."
Interesting that around 9:55 he compares the military determination of the French to the early Islamic conquests. Goes to show the power the French revolution had on the people at the time.
I hadn't thought of the comparison before but after hearing it, it's quite apt.
I loved how honest he was in describing both armies even tho the french were his enemies! Very objective
The difference is great between the two,,, The first is called conquests, and it was armies against armies fighting for a good cause with honor , and there is no r*pe, burning, or r*pe of women in churches. The second is called barbaric colonialism, in which all kinds of evil were perpetrated by Napoleon and the french.
It just shows you how affective napoleons war machine was. He had the same effect on European and Arab army’s alike.
nothing good has ever come from France
The lesson in this story: Whenever the English show up claiming their there to fight the French, believe them.
It’s the British not just the English.
**they're (they are) there***
@@davidfoy6419 Pedantic - adjective - excessively concerned with minor details of rules; overscrupulous
Fun fact: Thomas Alexandre Dumas, a Haitian born African-French military officer led the cavalry on the Egyptian Expedition. He was such an imposing figure that many locals assumed he was the leader of all the invading forces. He had previously led The French Revolutionary Army's Swiss Army Of The Alps commanding over 50,000 soldiers as a General - in - Chief, as well as being second in command of Europe's first all black regiment, The Legion De St Georges.
He had a falling out with Napoleon during the Expedition, was captured by the Italians during a sea voyage and held prisoner by them for several years, whilst Napoleon refused to ransom him.
His exploits and time in prison were part inspiration for the Romantic French novels The Three Musketeers and The Count Of Monte Cristo written by his son Alexandre Dumas.
thanks bro never heard of the italian captivity.
Wow! A great performing black general that Napoleon refused to ransom for because of ego. So he screwed over his own men just as much as the polish and africans! Fuck this guy Napoleon. Im glad he got his ass kicked.
Napoleon fucked him over
YES! He finally did it! Thank you for your content @voicesofthepast
Cheers from across the pond.
Love what you guys are doing, Keep it up ..
8:10 It should be noted what he means by "Arak" is wine. Arak being the name of the local wines.
1:00 whoever did that with the seagull flying overtop of the background painting of the ship, you are truly a genius at your art in videos. That little trick was the first time I have ever seen that done and it should be done some more.
I can't say enough how much I love the topics of this channel
Loved the tone of this one. The French invasion of Egypt is such an iconic and brutal chapter in history.
Oh I'm sorry, so the brutality of their own leaders is okay but when the French do it...
@@mcapps1 two things can be bad :)
Very True but very partial
The aesthetics of it are amazing along with the whole context of Egyptology and hieroglyphic scholarship.
@@mcapps1 Nice whataboutism
I like how foreign the idea of a republic and nationhood sounds to the Muslim Emir. Although nationalism is still present in our modern times we don't question to much republics/democracies or parliaments, a national identity but back when it started emerging it was outlandish, weird and not common at all.
Muslims still dont get it. They translate 'nation' with 'ummah', which is the word for the Islam community. A state based on language snd ethnicity is blasphemy for them.
@Hercule Poirot The French campaign in egypt was in 1798-1801 the idea of a nation was still an experimental concept and just a generation behind the USA independance was declared on July 4, 1776. Europe was still splitted by different monarchies and their borders (That were not drawn by the people culture or identity but by the nobility), the Holy Roman Empire still existed (Meaning no Prussia, no Austria or united German identity), all latin america was under the control of the Spanish crown (meaning no latin american nations and republics) not even in Asia you would find Nationalism since Japan started building their national sentiment during the Meiji period (1850 - 1889) and China was under their Emperors authority with the mandate of heaven (Not Han chinese people united under Chinese nationalism).
Napoleon changed all of this tho, he destroyed the HRE, he destroyed the Spanish crown which in turn made their colonies rebel and declared their independance while starting to build their national identity, nationalism was still in its infancy, spearheaded by France and the USA.
But all of this happened after the French invasion of Egypt and Syria, not before.
@Hercule Poirot No it wasn't
You have no idea bro about Egypt at this era, Egypt was ruled by a system like the french republic except there's a sultan in Istanbul, the rules divided between three group
-the pasha represent the sultan
-sheikh albald (the governor) Mamluk represent by two people the army and the top merchant.
-The scholars represent the people by sheikh alazhar and other judges.
If two of this groups elect against the other, they have the right to discuss laws, taxes, and so on.
When napleon wants to enter Cairo he asks and discusses it with the group of scholars, when they disagree with him after a while, this led to the Cairo revolutions against the french in Cairo and in upper Egypt and raised a new mujahideen who kills french governor of Cairo, defeated and annihilated french army in upper Egypt burn the Rome ship of napleon, calls to jihad against the french in levant and call sultan to send troops, caused french to lose any control.
@Hercule Poirot That is incorrect. The idea of nation and "citizens" was still new at this point.
Impressive work. I learned alot from this channel.
Great to see some new Napoleonic stuff, enjoyed. Thanks 👍
This channel is such a gift
High quality videos, keep them up
Thank you for this incredible journey...
This will hold me over until the next release from another of their channels :D
Hard to believe a team could produce such diverse, yet amazing content so consistently
I know! The selections, reading, visuals and sound effects are all excellent. One of the best history channels on UA-cam, easily
EXCELLENT VIDEO! i have no awareness of this event and this was such a great way to immerse myself in the panic of the egyptians and awe of the french in this front
Thank you.
Really interesting.
Will there be a continuation of this video in a part 2? Fascinating. Technology changes but human behavior rarely does.
Thank you for your video ❤
I cant live without your channel 👑👑
I love these, thank you. I'd especially love them in podcast form if you were so inclined!
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I adore your content so much. I've cut some spending to squeeze in a Magellan sub at your affiliate link as a sign of my respect to you and the rest of the voices of the past.
Thank you for providing this quality content
I love hearing the culture clashes. This Egyptian was just so disgusted with them.
They regard non-muslims as unclean and sub human
Duh the French are invading them lmao what do you expect them to do🙄
He lives in a country of moderate climate, with Nile and fancy public baths in the streets, washing everyday, the Mamluk were too hygiene he described them they put perfumes, diamond, gold and fancy clothes before the battle of imbaba(pyramids), they think they are undefeatable.
Yeah, i mean they don’t wash their asses after pooping so….
@Garrus Vakarian I am Egyptian and and I dislike the French and the English, (you Brits also invaded us but later, one invasion in 1807, and another in 1882)
Great as always! It is a shame that UA-cam doesn't display your videos on my wall at all!
Great channel
I like reading history from the point of view of the conquered , it's quite fascinating
I love your channel.
This is excellent
It's fascinating hearing an Egyptian describe the French's wierd Roman cargo cult.
I mean, if you think about it, isn't most neoclassical aesthetic, art and architecture just a roman cargo cult?
@@thenutella8846 LOL!! Fair point.
It's a European cargo cult more broadly. Europeans love Rome for obvious reasons
This channel (along with Fall of Civs) has been consistently good, if not frustratingly infrequent... (Actually, I'm still working on the Vijayanagara one, but I'll get through it eventually). 👍
"Keep them wanting more", as the saying goes.
Well, they probably have full-time jobs, families, and relationships to maintain, leaving little time for the exhaustive task of creating a high-quality content
I hope you never stop making videos. I've learned so much interesting history from your carefully created content! Thank you!
The lack of hygiene described was very interesting. Thanks for going into great detail on this particular part of Napoleon's career.
Read Napoleons letters to Josephine upon his return to France. "My dearest Josephine, I will be there in two weeks. Do not bathe."
@@BrettonFerguson He never wrote that
@@BrettonFerguson hahahahahahahahahaha
@@BrettonFergusonit is the first time i heard this
@@BrettonFergusond😂
Fantastic stuff. Thanks !
Love the historical accounts provided here! Fascinating!
Finally something new I can listen to while falling asleep, to freak myself out. Thank you sir...
Fascinating
I love how he refers to the French royal as "their Sultan" kind of like how boomers used to refer to all consoles as "Nintendo" lol
😂😂😂
Very good Sir.
Keep in mind your not seeing exactly what he said. You are seeing how someone translated 200 year old arabic into English.
Sultan Napoleon
Im not sure why voices of the past didn't translate that to 'King' since thats exactly what the guy saying it meant.
@@lastword8783 the word for king in Arabic is Malik it's different from the word for Sultan, guess that's why
Ahhh yes a new video! Cheers 😊
Almost perfect. Perfect would be to see also the name and artist of the various paintings, which is are magnificent. Thank you all the same.
I was listening to this with my roommate and when it got to 5:15 I immediately perked up because the opening lines sounded familiar. Napoleon really went Quranic on them
"If you are more than 1/16 Italian it means that the Law has no sway over you"
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ty
I love this channel. History is amazing scary thing that all should learn a little bit of. One day we will be gone and we will want to be remembered.
Noice, new post! Let's goooo
Al Jabarti is probably my favorite historian just because of the quantity of daily unimportant events he record, if his camel catches Cold he gonna write about it
This is so cool, Al-Jabarti is a large Somali clans ancestor and other related tribes along the African East caost and southern Arabia (i.e Yemen & Oman)
He is a Somali but from eygpt, so it’s the same clan, my clan which is pretty cool to think he was out there in this time and we get a sneak peek into his thoughts
Love these
I was wondering could I make a request could you do a video about civil war documents letters diary entries from both sides or some other ancient soldiers from history thanks
Brilliant.
HE HAS RETURNED
Hey voices of the past, can you do a video on the first encounter of british empire anglo-afghan? There is many such writings that fit exactly like your used to. I dunno.
You could do a video about Ulysses s Grants world tour (he even went to japan and china) i know there is a book made by his son of all his interactions and thoughts
You know what. I got more information on Napoleonic wars in this video than in my school curriculum in France in the early 2000s. I can't believe how idolized he is in France.
Also him going to conquer Cairo always sounded to me basically like a crusade to cement his name like all crusaders before.
Idols are never good, but he did accomplish many great feats and is one of the most important figures throughout French history. French people will continue liking Napoleon, you egyptians can keep disliking him Kalid, thats fine, everyone would understand. I'm American and like him and learning about him, you're living in his homeland and here learning also, so France and Napoleon must be pretty interesting/cool!
Siege of Jaffa, 3-7 March 1799
Despite the loss of his fleet at Aboukir Bay to the British, Napoleon continued to invade and capture Ottoman territory in Egypt and the Levant. Needing to capture Jaffa (modern day Tel-Aviv) by siege, he sent an officer and trumpeter to the governor with an ultimatum to surrender. The governor had them seized, tortured, castrated and beheaded. After taking the city four days later, Napoleon retaliated by executing the governor, and permitting his soldiers two days of murder, pillage and rape. The surrendered Ottoman garrison was also murdered in mass, by bullet and (mostly) bayonet, with a final death toll of 2400 to 4100 men.
That will teach them to dishonor a flag of truce. Messengers' lives are sacrosanct.
@@aquariumdude7829 Napoleon's ultimatum seems to have been worded to insult the governor.
It's worth pointing out that the French Army regressed in discipline under Bonaparte. War crimes were a feature of several French campaigns.
@@petergray7576 The fact is they still disrespected a flag of truce against innocent messengers. Also, after the barbaric and inhuman way they tortured and killed them, the governor and his people deserved everything they got for their own war crimes.
@@aquariumdude7829 Actually Napoleon killed the garrison because he didn't have the supplies to feed them, and he didn't want to free them to fight again. And killing four thousand men for a junior officer and a trumpeter is very disproportionate.
@@petergray7576 Nope. Not after disrespecting the flag of truce. Once you do that, all bets are off.
Awsome
"Our citizens are being mistreated henceforth i shall invade your ass..."
Hmm, where have i heard that before ? 🤔
Al-Jabarti may be a little... biased, but apart from that, I have to say that his writing is EXTREMELY compelling. His descriptions sound like very modern historiography in many ways.
I'd suspect he was a little biased about invaders coming to his country.
I could definitely hear his bias in a few sentences, but honestly, to me, he sounded pretty grounded with his description of the French military's treatment of the locals and the behavior of their common soldiers. If anything, apart from his disparaging of their hygiene, brutality, and the local camp whores (I'm assuming he didn't have everyday French women in France to go off of, but to be fair, the attitudes toward sex were pretty lax in France at the time so he wouldn't be too far off), he sounded impressed at how they conducted themselves in battle and how they had decent conviction to fight for their beliefs (with a few exceptions), something he criticized his own people for not doing, like when he mentioned merchants and Bedouin raiders taking advantage of the chaos to make an easy buck, or how the ruling elite who were in charge of the military were a bunch of spineless fools who were more interested in staying alive and wealthy instead of the wellbeing of the people under occupation or the honor of their country. Or even implying that the French were closer in their conviction to the armies of early Islam than the Egyptians could ever be. He sounded like he was complaining about his own country almost as much as he was about the invaders.
I think He is more of sarcastic / angry of every thing around him friend and foe alike 😄 he is baised / inaccurate in some things as far as i read
@@strictlyyoutube6881 well he wasnt egyptian
It is the translation. He had some legit criticism of French culture and military, but some of them are utter bullsht.
Clean your buttocks and shave your pubic hair you [insert insult here]
Fascinating is the one where the Europeans landing in East Asia are described as Goblins, also the one with the artic people who think the whole world is ice.
Wow, the French under Napoleon denied the divinity of Christ to try to recruit Muslims? Seems pretty wild given the previous 1000 years of French history.
Not really the Jacobins were viciously anti-Christian. The revolutionary regime was predicated on precisely the rejection of that 1000 years of history.
I recently got ahold of the newest version of 'The History of the Napoleonic Wars'. Will definitely look out to see if he is in there.
Aye, it's likely Bonaparte will be mentioned in it at some point.
You and Kings and Generals should do a collab on any subject honestly. It would be absolutely perfect
No it wouldn't, someone who read directly from actual primary non English Sources with someone who read Wikipedia articles with TW graphics
@@miracleyang3048 lmfao one, you didn't finish your thought. Which is basically what I expect from someone who's upset at a youtube video. Lmfao pleb
He summed up the French pretty well there
No..Only Napolean..
@@alangervasis Napoléon is France.
We, the French, are arrogant and proud, because our History allows us to be so. Now cry me a river, "Arbli".
@@TheFrenchscot lol ok froggy, I've never met ruder or more arrogant people. But I still kind of like you. Viva the France.
@@curiositycloset2359 thanks. Live with panache
ends a little abruptly, but not bad.
@N alright?
Well, he gives it to you straight from the source. If the source ends for whatever reason, whether damage, or theft, or perhaps the source didn't have the chance to finish it, I don't know, Voices of the Past wont become Mostly Voices of the Past just to satisfy people who cannot stand an abrupt ending lol.. Not bad? Your one of those people just cant be pleased... Youd land after a skydive and go, "It was alright."
@@ljredddd4392 eh, ur comment could've been better too
@@pixulita Cheers cupcake
@@ljredddd4392 sorry, as interesting as this was it was not as exhilarating as skydiving.
Ending abruptly has nothing to do with how I feel about it overall.
perhaps I should have put a period between my two thoughts instead of a comma so people don't interpret it as "oh no it's too short I hate it!"
8:08
“Some might mix in their food , they might even put together in one dish coffee, sugar, Iraq, raw eggs, limes and so on”
It really is amusing how the French Republicans would make everyone and I mean everyone pin on the circular Revolutionary cockade, even these Egyptians of whom even the most educated couldn't possibly have even the foggiest idea of what they meant
It’s amazing to me how all civilizations forget how to be great it would seem… Similar to how it’s feeling in the states right now. To be fair you can’t compare the greatness of ancient Egypt to the United States but still the thought is the same
Congrats! (Enter boogeyman here) didn't show up, but we really like this little fortified harbor we set up and loaded with guns. And the trade prospects really look quite good... You'll be hearing from us a bit now new neighbor.
Now I want to play Napoleon Total War. AND...who the hell would down vote any video on this channel?
"As for the name 'Bonaparte', this is the title of their general. It is not a name."
wut
Well, I guess this is just a testimony, not an actual documentary... I like his description of the Revolution though.
I think its because they didn't have surnames back then in egypt. His actual name is napoleon
Hear the words of dead people who may have regretted not having sold the English provisions nor allowing them to lay in ambush - the clarity of hindsight
Not another one !, The British ! Not the English ! We let the Scots, Welsh and Irish off when we discuss The British Empire and all the naughty things they did.
Muhammad koraym is a hero in here and he was executed by the French as he refused to drop weapons and surrender
No need for an execution. Just build a cage around him and throw a black cloth over it so he won't get sunburn.
True. One of the only Egyptian governors to not fear the Egyptian war machine. He was a wise and pious man
14:22 was there a feast ? A new year feast for the 22 of september ?
13:00 lol my pet peeves
Vive L'Empereur!
The British are the real MVP in this.
Hey Louie
"Sell us water and we will wait in our boats for the French to arrive so we can ambush them."
"No fuck off."
(4 days later)
The history of Al-Jabarti is fascinating, you live in it when he writes day to day, and describe the events, make you remember the great Egyptian historians in Mamluk era, but you forget to mention the resistance of people in damanhour, fighting along with Mamluk they nearly break french army and surrounded it, defeated the navy french in the Nile but the ship that carry Mamluk gun boder to resupply start a fire and exploded caused panic in Mamluk navy and ground force and people side.
Why would he want to mention the incompetence of the Egyptians? I'm so glad you did though. That just goes to show you can't expect any type of competence from you people.
@@mcapps1 Mamluks were far better than any European army in history, In damanhour clash Morad bey and his vanguard they were 1 to 10 of the french army and they decided to attack and break through the army and nearly capture or kill napleon, the luck and his speed to reach Cairo before the Mamluk gathering and get ready secure him a temporary victory, Napleon imperial guard were Egyptian Mamluks because he knew no other cavalry in Europe can competite with them, and he run to Paris from the Mamluk before he gets the fate of louis ix and get capture by the Mamluk
After they annihilated his army in upper Egypt.
@@mcapps1 I think the fact that 30% of France is Muslim shows the competence at playing the long game my friend :)
@@strictlyyoutube6881 1 : 30% is out of your bottom. 2 : *competence at playing the dirty game of who has less honour and is a cockroach.
@@TheFrenchscot What honour do the French have exactly? They were going to cuck themselves to Hitler, do you not remember?
7:54 What a great insight on sex trend. It seems that shaving down there has been a thing for a couple hundred years.
0:44 this is a strange bit of editorializing, it was not at all concealed that the reasons for Egypt were to counter the British, it was not "under guise" as in this note.
I only comment because this channel has such a high standard of historical accuracy in my mind that these kinds of misleading editorials other channels rely on should not be included.
Pretty tough on the French, I would say........but kind of accurate! 🤣🤣🤣
They regard all Europeans and Christians the same
@@karlscher5170 Europeans also regarded all Mohamdeans as the same
@@firstnamelastname4249 You sound like a hooligan.
@@firstnamelastname4249 Muslims regard muslims as the same. They call each other 'brother' and feel as a unified nation, the 'ummah'
I'm reminded of a certain Lindybeiges reflections on Napoleon
such a great lindybeige video that
Listening to the French proclamation about 5:00 into the video; my thoughts were of Putin at the start of the Ukrainian war.
PS1 - Funny how they characterized normal French activities as barbaric / unclean. Too funny based on modern perception of refined French living during this timeframe.
PS2 - Really appreciate these historical eye witness accounts of war that is under appreciated.
Putin is not an emperor, he's no where near as high in majesty and grandeur as Napoleon, and won't reach that level either. Stop patronising Russian people like this.
Ah, no. The proper perception after the French Revolution is one of brutality and moral chaos. This period was called "The Reign of Terror" for a reason.
Morale of the story, treat the people belonging to a super power with respect. Dont sniper shoot them and post videos of it online and commit war crimes against them and then hope a social media savvy president can save you.
Sounds like western culture was still pretty laid back even during this time, then again you're talking about Egypt which is still somewhat of a theocracy so it makes sense that these observations are strange to the local.
so you support the nazi ukranians backed by america interesting, were you dropped on the head as a baby 🤣
A video where the English were the good guys. Incredible!
Not for one second of the Napoleonic Wars, or the era around it, were the Brits the good guys.
@@ddc2957 neither were the French
@@ddc2957 the British are still a lot more tolerable than any other European power back then.
Neither the English or french were the good people, they never were, not because you kicked someone out of a country to take it for yourself it means you are a good guy
"fr*nch 🤢" - al-Jabarti
He also shot all the noses off the spinx