Because it was making trade via water more available to other parts of Europe... Or from the North Sea to the Black Sea...
World Geography Textbook from Glencoe
"Each year ships and barges carry millions of tons of cargo on the Danube River. In 1992 the Main (MYN) River, a tributary of the Rhine, became connected to the Danube when the Main-Danube Canal was completed, thereby linking the North Sea with the Black Sea."
Europeans were interested in Egypt because they wanted to build a canal east of Cairo to connect the Mediterranean and red seas.
Europeans were interested in Egypt because they wanted to build a canal east of Cairo to connect the Mediterranean and red seas.
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project was created in 1997-02.
Eerie canal.
The first major canal project in the United States was the Erie Canal. It connected the St. Lawrence River with the Great Lakes bring commerce to the center of the new nation.
Panama Canal
You may mean Suez Canal . This allows ships to pass from the Mediterranean to the Indian ocean.
The Central Arizona Project.
After the Suez Canal was finished in 1869, the French felt that they could now achieve the Panama Canal.
Its a canal project in India, see here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sethusamudram
Tripple canal project (1909-1917) in Punjab (Pakistan) INCLUDED UPPER JHELUM,UPPER CHENAB AND LOWER BARI DOAB CANALS.
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