1798 - 1801
Yakin Faransa a Masar da Siriya
Yaƙin Faransa aMasar da Siriya (1798-1801) yaƙin neman zaɓe na Napoleon Bonaparte ne a yankunan Ottoman na Masar da Siriya, wanda aka yi shelar don kare muradun kasuwancin Faransa, don kafa masana'antar kimiyya a yankin kuma a ƙarshe don shiga rundunar sojojinIndiya Tipu Sultan. kuma ya kori Birtaniyya daga yankin Indiya.Ita ce manufar farko ta yaƙin neman zaɓe na Bahar Rum na 1798, jerin ayyukan sojojin ruwa waɗanda suka haɗa da kama Malta.Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya ƙare da shan kaye ga Napoleon, da kuma janyewar sojojin Faransa daga yankin.A fannin kimiyya, balaguron daga ƙarshe ya kai ga gano Dutsen Rosetta, wanda ya haifar da fannin Egiptology.Duk da nasarorin da aka samu a farkon yakin da suka yi da farko a Siriya, Napoleon da Armée d'Orient sun sha kaye a karshe kuma an tilasta musu ficewa, musamman bayan shan kashin da sojojin Faransa suka yi a yakin kogin Nilu.