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The Suez Canal provided Britain with a shorter sea route to its empire and, as the 20th century dawned and oil grew in importance, it provided a short sea route to the oilfields of the Persian Gulf. Britain was therefore committed to protect the canal.
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What are the names of canals?
The Erie Canal, the Suez Canal, and the Panama Canal, to name three.
How do people use the Suez canal?
The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Ships use the Suez Canal as a shortcut between Asia and Europe and the Americas. Thanks to the Suez Canal, they do not have to use the time or fuel to sail all the way around Africa just to get to Europe.
What is the quickest way to get by ship from the mediterranean sea to the indian ocean?
The quickest way to travel by ship from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean is through the Suez Canal. This man-made canal in Egypt connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, providing a shortcut for ships traveling between Europe and Asia. The journey through the Suez Canal helps ships avoid the longer route around the southern tip of Africa.
In what two countries is the Suez Canal located?
The canal is wholly located within the sovereign territory of Egypt. However, for various periods of time in the 20th century, Israel occupied Sinai on the east bank of the canal. The canal was the work of a French company. The workforce was a "forced labor" project.
What separates asia and africa?
The Red Sea is what separates Africa from Asia. The Red Sea is 1,400 miles long at its longest point and has a maximum width of 221 miles.
What Canal connects to Mediterranean sea and the Red sea?
The Suez Canal.
What is the famous canal in Egypt called?
Suez Canal...The Suez Canal
What connects the red sea and the Mediterranean?
Suez CanalThe Suez Canal
What is the mediterranean sea and the red sea are connected by?
The Suez Canal
Which body of water provides important shipping link between the mediterranean sea and the red sea?
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean and the Red sea.
What man-made body of water connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean?
The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.The Suez Canal
What body of water connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal
Which canal connects the red sea and the mediterranean?
The Suez Canal
How does the Suez canal work?
the Suez canal is very intriquit.
Suez canal river is which country?
The Suez Canal is in Egypt.
Is the Suez canal a series of lochs?
No locks on the Suez Canal
When was Suez Canal created?
Suez Canal was created in 1869.
