The Campaign was more than a military invasion

01The Campaign was more than a military invasion

• The Campaign was not merely a traditional invasion and occupation — this is clear from the scholars who accompanied it.
• Bonaparte worked to organise the administration and government of Egypt on the model of what happened in France after the Revolution, that is, transferring power to the middle class — the notables.
• But the transfer was formal, without a real chance of actual practice; his purpose was to learn what the Egyptian elite were thinking.