Napoleon used ideas from the French Revolution (1789-1799) to help him dictate France, expand French territories, increase French power, and change the government of France into something which he felt gave people more power. He was a military genius, never fighting two battles with the same way and he wanted to prove to all of Europe that he could not only be a conqueror but a great leader as well. During the Napoleonic Era, which took place from 1799-1815, Napoleon took France under his complete control through the ideas of the French revolution. Napoleon also fought many great wars and battles that employed many of his great ideas for government in order to rule his future empire. Through the use of these two aspects, Napoleon Bonaparte was able to create an empire, which impacted three areas consisting of individualism, secularism, and nationalism.
             He had gone into Italy in 1795 in order to free the Milanese from Austrian rule. He was successful and he later made himself head of the Italian government but the Italians later resisted Napoleon so he left Italy. He signed the Treaty of Campo Formio, which gave France control of some Austrian land. Napoleon had gone into Egypt in 1798 with an army and although he was not successful, it is said that it was a propaganda triumph for France. At this time the English had control of the water around Egypt, thus controlled a great deal of trade from Egypt and Asian countries such as India. Napoleon wished to break these trade routes that Great Britain had by taking control of the port of Malta. At this time Egypt was under the control of the Turkish Empire and were being ruled by the Mamelukes, who were not at all afraid of Napoleon and his army due to the fact that they were famous for their courage, pride, and cruelty. Despite the win at Aboukir, Napoleon suffered great lo!
             sses and secretly returned to France leaving 30,000 French soldiers in Egypt. When Napoleon return...