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ofcourse ships dont go round Africa so goods cost less , less fuel is used and everybody benfits from it

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What canal connects Europe and Asia?

None. You may be thinking of the Suez Canal that ships use to travel from Africa to Asia.


How was the Suez Canal used?

The Suez Canal is and was used to for transportation of goods/supplies and people. When the Suez Canal was built, it was meant for transporting goods from South Asia to Europe. The Suez Canal was originally built by the French, but Great Britain bought it from them when it was completed and the canal became an important foothold in WWI and WWII.


What continent is the Suez Canal locates on?

The Suez Canal is in southwest Asia/northeast Africa.


What is the canal called that separates Egypt from Asia?

The Suez Canal.


Which canal divides Asia and Africa?

It is the Suez Canal Waterway which separates Africa and Asia.


How do people use the Suez canal?

The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Ships use the Suez Canal as a shortcut between Asia and Europe and the Americas. Thanks to the Suez Canal, they do not have to use the time or fuel to sail all the way around Africa just to get to Europe.


What canal touches Africa and Asia?

suez


Which canal devide Asia and Africa?

The Suez Canal separates Africa from the Middle East - and Asia.


In Napoleonic times why did people always travel overland to Asia?

The lack of an operational Suez Canal.


How do people use the canal?

The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Ships use the Suez Canal as a shortcut between Asia and Europe and the Americas. Thanks to the Suez Canal, they do not have to use the time or fuel to sail all the way around Africa just to get to Europe.


What does the Suez Canal allow as an easier contact between which two cultures?

The Suez Canal allows wider European commerce with Asia. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, and therefore to the Indian Ocean. It is valuable as a shortcut to Middle East oil supplies, although many of the largest modern tankers are too big for the Canal.


Can you walk from asia to africa?

Yes, you can. The Suez Canal Bridge, which connects Asian Egypt (Egypt on the east bank of the Suez Canal) and African Egypt (Egypt on the west bank of the Suez Canal).