Suez Canal

had choice the Suez Canal .I will talk about the construction of the Suez Canal and the purpose of building such a famous and an important man made structure in the Arab World that make me proud of their working even there were no modern equipment that help them in to their work. Canal is water manmade canal that where ground before constructions by digging the ground to depth that allow water to go through so the ship can move easily in to from one water surface and another .Suez Canal is a102 mile

Africa, it is now in Europe.” - Isma’il the Magnificient Turning Point: The Suez Canal (1869) Control and influence of strategic chokepoints in a modern context, such as the Suez and Panama canals, are an essential ingredient to any nation’s survival and dominance. The Suez Canal opened in 1869 and allowed for the speedy transit of more than 21,415 vessels in 2013. The canal handled eight percent of global trade and, in 2012, accounted for $5.12 billion in revenue for Egypt

a symbol that holds great value to the Egyptian people. The Suez Canal was an idea proposed by many generations, ranging from the Egyptian Pharaohs to Napoleon Bonaparte. Their ideas failed because it was believed that there was a height difference between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, because of this it would take an enormous amount of time and money to construct. Some say that the pharos succeeded in constructing the Suez Canal but it was later destroyed as there was evidence of an old

The “New Suez Canal” The Suez Canal is the shortest waterway between the east and the west due to its unique location. It is the longest waterway without locks, this means that all the bodies of water are at the same level. Opened in 1869 after 10 years of work, it is liable to be widened and deepened to accommodate the big developed ship. On the 5th of August 2014 the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, began the project of digging a new Canal. The new 45-mile waterway would run alongside

making it a protectorate in order to have control over the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal connected the British Empire in the west to India in the east, making it significant trade route for Britain to control. During the Cold War, Egypt became an area of great tension, challenging British control over the canal. There was an increase of nationalism, along with the rise of Gamal Abdel Nasser to power. His rise to power lead to the Suez Canal Crisis and Egypt’s independence from Britain in 1956. The

project, but it would have taken Egypt 367 years to pay for the Dam from tolls alone. The Canal only brought in a profit of $52 million and not the $100 million profit that Nasser was claiming. To the United States, the nationalization of the Canal was a convenient excuse for what was to come. To Britain and France, who felt that they owned the historical rights to the Suez Canal Company, the seizure of the canal meant that they would lose their largest colonial vestige in the region. Because there

Though widely acknowledged as one of the smaller incidents of the Eisenhower Presidency, the Suez Canal Crisis did not only present one of the most concerning existential threats during the 1950s, it became a crucial turning point for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Beyond that, this crisis bucked the hundred-year-old status quo of Britain’s monopoly of power in the region. Due to the large flow of cross currents occurring at the same time, such as Egypt’s engagements with the Soviet Union

The construction of the Suez and Panama Canals greatly affected overseas trade and commerce. The Suez Canal, which connected the Mediterranean and Red Seas though the Isthmus of Suez, had a large impact on the world economy by greatly reducing the amount of travel time required to send goods to different regions, The Panama Canal, which was built through the Isthmus of Panama, also had a similar effect on commerce by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.There were different motivations for

The Suez Canal Crisis was one of many events of the Cold War. The Canal opened in 1869, after 10 years of construction by Ferdinand de Lesseps of France, connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The canal held a neutral position, allowing access to all countries. The British -who had the strongest naval force in the world- controlled the traffic going through it. They ensured that the Canal was open to all countries. In 1914, the traffic control changed to include the French military.

The Suez Canal crisis began when an outsider exploited an emerging country into financing a project in which a country has no mean of financial recovery. The Suez Canal was geographically significant with an international interest to facilitate trade and commerce. It provided an economic boost to the international community following the opening of the canal, with the exception of the Egypt economy. The canal builder, Ferdinand de Lesseps coerced Mohamed Aly’s son, Mohamed Sayeed of Egypt into financing