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The Suez Canal was an important waterway in Egypt and a significant site in the Age of Imperialism. More specifically, European nations such as Britain and France fought over control of the Suez Canal, as it proved to be a strategic waterway for imperialistic campaigns. As such, historians consider the history of the Suez Canal to be significant to the European imperialism in Africa (Scramble for Africa) and British Imperialism in India.
Building the Suez Canal - 1903 was released on: USA: January 1903
well they got more trade and things they needed so they got it :)
The British actually finished the Suez Canal, even though the French started building it.
Egypt
The Suez Canal.
The cost was $100 million
The Suez Canal is located in Egypt. The role that it played in imperialism was that it was easier to bring raw materials from western Europe to Asia. It was a body of water that cut through the borders so that they didn't have to go on land to deliver goods.
they could not pay their debts and had to sell the Seuz Canal.
Suez Canal...The Suez Canal
November 1859
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