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deathgod

King Helü of Wu said:
Royaume d'Égypte (RÉ)
(Papyrus=Upper Egypt, Bee=Lower Egypt, Crescent and Star=Islam, Coptic Cross=Christians, Black=Black earth of Kemet, Red=Fraternity among races, Grenade=French soldiers defending Royaume d'Égypte (RÉ)).

Initially the Armée d'Orient battle standard, similar to Napoleonic regimental flags, colour changes(blue to black) just like Italian flag is derived from French tricolour.

Napoleon Bonaparte decided not to abandon his men in Egypt, but was determined to make them survive despite being cut off from France.

Napoleon and his troops converted to Islam. He had to choose between French support and local Egyptian support, while the former seemed to have abandoned them. (However, looking at what he did to Judaism IOTL at so called Grand_Sanhedrin IOTL, you would have an idea what he would do to Islam in his Egypt.)

As Consul of the Egyptian Republic, Napoleon was as smart and diplomatic as Mohammed Ali Pasha did IOTl (Mohammad Ali was a foreigner as well), we now have his 30,000+ French soldiers as the ruling class of Egypt, not unlike the Mameluke. With the locals slowly leaning to the French, Britain suffered a few setbacks and then decided it's simply not worth the effort to fight on, and accepted Bonaparte's peace offer.

Without Bonaparte, the Directory screwed it and France was forced back to Bourbon-ism at Alliance gunpoint. This way there was a peace treaty sooner than OTL, with Europe less devastated, Britannia rule of the sea less absolute. The Kings were much more revanchist to the unholy revolutionaries than IOTL, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee to Egypt, the last Revolutionary stronghold.

Among the refugees was Champollion, an ardent republican. Now he is in Egypt and have much greater access to Egyptian Hieroglyphs than OTL.

After the war, European powers' opinions of Napoleon's Egypt was complex. The British was be distasteful of it due to the dynasty's hostile history and French Revolutionary origins, even though it was no longer a threat; Bourbon Kingdom of France secretly felt happy that those revolutionaries are eating sand in a unknown place other than making troubles in France; Catholic states angered by his apostasy. This cancelled off the supposed diplomatic advantages Egypt gains with a European ruling class.

With grudging approval of Europe, French Kingdom of Egypt Survived. King Napoleon I (changed to kingdom to make the country even more harmless in the European eyes) then started his 20 year rule of Egypt (1806-1826).

With the help of his army (especially General Jacque-Francois Menou), French refugees and some more enlightened local pashas, Napoleon was able to achieve much more than Muhammad Ali did IOTL, and was much less indebted thanks to his vigilance against the bankers.

There were no ban on intermarriage and by 1900 the border between French and locals was blurred. Still, Egypt stood firm against European colonialism, with Napoleonic Banners flying high.
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Very nice flag. One should have expected Napoleon to at least try and conquer India, that was after all his dream all along ...
 

King Helü of Wu

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deathgod said:
Very nice flag. One should have expected Napoleon to at least try and conquer India, that was after all his dream all along ...
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Thank You.

With whole France backing him, possible;
With only Egypt :rolleyes:...
Maybe when the English are tied down in Europe (by some ATL French military genius), and Napoleon could take on the Ottomans after a few years of preparation. Conquest of India can only happen after the Ottomans were defeated.
 

deathgod

King Helü of Wu said:
With whole France backing him, possible;
With only Egypt :rolleyes:...
Maybe when the English are tied down in Europe (by an ATL French military genius), and Napoleon could take on the Ottomans after a few years of preparation. Conquest of India can only happen after the Ottomans were defeated.
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He's Napoleon. He'll try anyway, and likely astound as all. :p
 

Nietzsche

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I know I've been making alot of requests lately, but could someone take this and give it eyes, colour in the beak and claws? I know it's jpeg, and I'm sorry, but that's the only one like it I could find. Thank you.

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Petike

Petike

Nietzsche said:
I know I've been making alot of requests lately, but could someone take this and give it eyes, colour in the beak and claws? I know it's jpeg, and I'm sorry, but that's the only one like it I could find. Thank you.
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Will an or beak and claws suffice ? And what attitude should the eyes express ?
 

King Helü of Wu

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deathgod said:
Very nice flag. One should have expected Napoleon to at least try and conquer India, that was after all his dream all along ...
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Cèsar de Quart said:
I like my Napoleon with a bit of Alexander.
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If Napoleon really gets to India, it's a lot of Alexander.

I recall Machiavelli made Persian empire an example of "hard to conquer, easy to rule" country, like all centralized states, and once conquered Persia, Alexander could make use the entire Archaemenid bureaucracy this benefit; Napoleon in 19th century, however, have to defeat not one but three empires( Britain, Ottoman, Persian) and a bunch of small kingdoms in order to get to India, and rebellions could break out at his back any time.

Maybe defeat the British first.
 

Magnificate

I've just stumbled upon an information that Phoenix and Dolphin are greek national animals. How likely is it, that either of these would end up on a greek national flag?
 
Utgard96

Utgard96

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If you like your Alexander with a bit of Napoleon, that's:

1 part Creme de Cacao
1 part fresh cream
1 part Courvoisier Napoleon Fine Champagne

Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with nutmeg. Enjoy, and dream of world conquest. :D
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And here I thought Napoleon was a type of brandy.
 
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