"Egypt and the Modern History" - Egyptian History

… Yoshida was accompanied by Furukawa Nobutaka of the General Staff, who was interested in the southward expansion policy of Imperial Russia in this region. In addition, in modern history research, there was Shiba Shiro (Tokai Sanshi)'s Egypt and Early Modern History (1889), which was compiled using basic English-language documents for the time, and which drew historical lessons from the Egyptians under the rule of the Western powers, showing sympathy for the oppressed peoples. In the late Meiji period, a series of works appeared that were interested in the British and French domination of the Middle Eastern Islamic world, as reference material for Japan's domination of Taiwan and Korea. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Egypt and Modern History" is listed below.

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…吉田には参謀本部の古川宣誉が同行し，この地域における帝政ロシアの南下政策に関心を寄せている。また近代史研究として，柴四郎(東海散士)の《埃及近世史》(1889)があり，当時としては基本的な英文文献によってまとめられ，西欧列強支配下のエジプト人から歴史的教訓を読み取り，被圧迫民族への共感を示している。　明治後期には，日本の台湾や朝鮮支配の参考資料として，イギリス，フランスの中東イスラム世界支配に関心をもつ一連の著作が現れた。…

※「《埃及近世史》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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