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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
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Some of the rumors surrounding Napoleon's rule in Egypt would have made him out to be quite an
uncivil dragon towards some of the people of Egypt. The story that he had played a part in the drowning of 400 prostitutes in the Nile around 1799 circulated at that time even though it probably was not true. Some historians have
relented from this position. Since drowning by putting someone in a sack is called the Turkish method of dealing with people who violated their laws, it was probably the Turks who did this terrible deed. They had a religious
visor on that often blinded them to the more compassionate components of various religions including their own.