The Suez Canal allowed for a direct link to Asia through Europe without having to go around Africa. This made trade much quicker and easier.
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In 1975, it took 5 weeks to do the trip in the opposite direction, i.e. Sydney to Southampton, UK; It probably has not changed much since then. It took 6 weeks in 1966 to come through the Panama Canal via Tahiti and New Zealand, but faster ships were doing the voyage through the Suez Canal to Australia in about 4 weeks.
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The world did not laterally get smaller- if that is your ? The Suez canal made it much faster to ship goods and people around the globe .
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The Suez Canal is the only way to get from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean without having to travel all the way around Africa. The Suez Canal is also under the ownership of the Suez Canal Authority which is an Eqyption holding. Ships must pay to use the canal, like a toll road, otherwise they would have to pay much more to traverse the much greater distance to go around Africa.
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