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Egypt's civilising role in the Horn of Africa

Egypt's civilising role in the Horn of Africa

Point 4 of 5 — Lesson 18: Ismail – the Project of Independence, the Firmans and Egypt’s African ExpansionsQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)

04Egypt's civilising role in the Horn of Africa

  • Since Egypt extended its administration over these lands they enjoyed great building activity, covering the following fields.

Health

  • Diseases were spreading there — cholera, dysentery and smallpox — so the Egyptian administration founded health units at Suakin and Massawa.

Communications

  • It created a postal line linking these regions with Egypt.
  • It arranged sea navigation lines from Massawa to Suakin to Jeddah, and from Suakin to Suez.

Building

  • The building of healthy housing for the people and the erection of hospitals, mosques and a church.
  • Attention to fresh water, with pipes run from springs and wells.

Economy

  • Agriculture: the people were urged to cultivate uncultivated land, water was provided for them, and seeds of vegetables and fruits were brought from Egypt.
  • Trade: moved in safety because routes and security were provided.
  • Industry: some Somali young men accompanied the artisan soldiers in the Egyptian army to learn filing and forging, and the people learned the cloth industry.

Society

  • The Egyptian administration tried to spread social peace among the people and the tribes, so reconciliation councils were formed to settle disputes.
  • Sometimes it paid the blood-money for those killed, when the tribes could not do so, to spare blood.
  • It sent some ulema of al-Azhar to educate the people in the Islamic religion and founded schools teaching arithmetic, handwriting and grammar.

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