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| 1517 |
| | The Ottoman sultan, Selim I, captures Cairo and ends Mameluke rule in the middle east | |
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| from 1517 |
| | From Bosnia to Egypt and Arabia, the Ottoman Turks now rule the largest Muslim empire since the early caliphate - and will frequently use the title of caliph to assert their authority within Sunni Islam | |
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| 1574 |
| | The Ottoman empire finally asserts control over the north African coast, in the footsteps of Muslim pirates | |
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| 1609 |
| | A law is passed expelling the Moriscos from Spain, with the result that some 300,000 are shipped to north Africa | |
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| c. 1770 |
| | The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves | |
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| c. 1775 |
| | Dutch nomads, pressing far north from Cape Town, become known as the Trekboers | |
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| 1789 |
| | The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a slave captured as a child in Africa, becomes a best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic | |
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| 1798 |
| | Napoleon, with distinguished scientists in his fleet, sails to invade Egypt | |
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| 1798 |
| | Napoleon's campaign in Egypt begins well with the Battle of the Pyramids, a victory over an Egyptian army | |
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| 1798 |
| | Disaster strikes the French in Egypt when Nelson finds their fleet in Aboukir Bay and destroys it in the Battle of the Nile | |
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