History A-Level
Economic control and debt
What Economic control and debt means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic control and debt
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Financial control of nominally Ottoman Egypt by European bondholders, with protection of European loans a reason for intervention.
Topics that use Economic control and debt
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 5 The Nile valley, 1882–98 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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