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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.
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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.
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they could not pay their debts and had to sell the Seuz Canal.
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The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean and the Red sea.
The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.The Suez Canal
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Egypt now has a stable financial system, before the rulers spent all the money on the Suez canal.