The Fashoda Incident, also known as the Fashoda Crisis (French: Crise de Fachoda), was the climax of imperialist territorial disputes between Britain and France in East Africa, occurring between 10 July to 3 November 1898.

Fashoda Incident, (September 18, 1898), the climax, at Fashoda, Egyptian Sudan (now Kodok, South Sudan), of a series of territorial disputes in Africa between Great Britain and France. The disputes arose from the common desire of each country to link up its disparate colonial possessions in Africa.

Kodok or Kothok (Arabic: كودوك), formerly known as Fashoda, is a town in the Fashoda County of Upper Nile State, in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. [1] Kodok is the capital of Shilluk country, formally known as the Shilluk Kingdom .

The Fashoda Incident, occurring in 1898, was a pivotal confrontation between Great Britain and France in northeastern Africa, specifically over a strategic location known as Fashoda. At the time, both nations were engaged in an aggressive imperial competition, with Britain seeking to solidify its control over Egypt and the Sudan, while France aimed to establish a continuous stretch of ...

2018年5月14日 · fashoda incident (1898) Crisis in which both France and Britain , vying for territory in Africa, claimed control over a Sudanese outpost. At the end of the nineteenth century, the European powers were competing for control of Africa.

The Fashoda Affair of September 1898 was a product of long-standing tensions between Britain and France over their relative influence in Egypt. Since the reign of Louis XIV (1643–1715) France had harbored ambitions of building a canal through the Suez isthmus, linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and dramatically shortening trade routes ...

2023年2月24日 · The Fashoda Incident was a crisis that occurred in 1898 between France and Britain over imperialist territorial disputes in East Africa. A French expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile sought to gain control of the Upper Nile river basin and exclude Britain from Sudan.

On September 2, 1898, at 12:45 PM, the lush landscapes of Fashoda witnessed an extraordinary moment in colonial history. Here stood a British soldier and a French officer, face-to-face in a tense standoff over claims to the region.

2017年6月30日 · After a grueling journey Marchand’s force, comprising only 120 Senegalese soldiers and a handful of white officers, arrived at Fashoda on July 10, 1898. Marchand duly laid claim to the region and awaited reinforcement from …

After crossing over 2,000 mi (3,200 km) of almost unexplored wilderness, Marchand reached (July 10, 1898) the village of Fashoda (now Kodok) on the Nile in the S Sudan (now in NE South Sudan). Beating off a Mahdist attack, he stopped there to await an expected Franco-Ethiopian expedition from the east.