The Suez Canal was built by the French owned Suez Canal Co.
Egypt owned it for a short time, and then Britain took control of it.
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Egypt originally owned the Suez Canal and sold it to great Britain to pay off debts
The Suez Canal first opened in 1869. The Panama Canal opened in 1914.
The Suez Canal.
It was owned by the British and the French, but governed under international conventions.
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Egypt owned it for a short time, and then Britain took control of it.
The Suez Canal was the first canal to separate two major land masses and allow boats and ships to pass inbetween. The Panama Canal was created soon after the Suez, as the Suez Canal proved that a canal could be built that would separate two continents. Without the Suez, the Panama Canal may have never been funded and made. ~Ares
The Suez Canal