Suez Canal

...by 5000 miles.

The Suez canal was built to create a short cut for shipping sailing between the Indian Ocean to the North Atlantic Ocean, avoiding the longer voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, or the more hazardous Cape Horn passage.

Yes, and as a full-scale Ship canal- not something for narrow-gauge ( in comparison) Barges, such as the Erie Canal and others which used draft animals- often Mules- Draft animals in both senses ( ask the Army?) The Suez canal does not have locks- it did= may still have movable bridges for personnel to access the gates- and for traffic control ( like toll gates on turnpikes) but in operation, ships run under their own power- a Canal Pilot has the Conn- giving the steering orders- and so it goes- no locks needed as it is a sea-level canal.

Answer The Suez Canal is in the Sinai Peninsula. It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It is rather strange to go through the canal, you feel like you are sailing through a desert!

I believe it was France and the United States.

The Suez canal located in Egypt . It is said that the reason gas prices are going up is because of the current fued going on in Libya and Egypt . But that's a theory .

Under Necho II, a canal was built between the Pelusian branch of the Nile and the northern end of the Bitter Lakes. After having been neglected, it was rebuilt by the Persian ruler, Darius I. This canal is said to have been extended to the Red Sea by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, abandoned during the early Roman rule, but rebuilt again by Trajan.  Over the next several centuries, it once again was abandoned and sometimes dredged by various rulers for various but limited purposes. Amr Ibn el-As rebuilt the canal after the Islamic takeover of Egypt creating a new supply line from Cairo, but was closed a final time to cut off supplies to insurgents located in the Delta. The first efforts to build a modern canal came from the Egypt expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte, who hoped the project would create a devastating trade problem for the English. Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, who ended up founding the Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal, funded, in 1858, to build the canal.

It does not connect Asia to Africa. The Suez Canal is a short-cut pathway from the ships carrying goods from Europe and America to the Eastern part of the world. It provides less costs for exporting goods and less time for travelling long distance.

Yes, by definition an artificial waterway such as the Panama or Suez canals. Some canals have a mixture of man-made and existing waterway features, such as the Saint Lawrence Seaway- note it is not called a Canal. the French term this type of Canal a (Nautostrade)- lit Nautical Road.

Sinai Peninsula

The Suez Canal is in southwest Asia/northeast Africa.

Not oceans but the Mediteranean Sea and the Red Sea

he Suez Canal was built by a company from which country?

210,000 deadweight tons

Einsenhower refused to support his western allies attempts to take the canal.

The Suez Canal

Egypt had too much debt that they could not pay back. apex

British Prime Minister Disreali bought enough shares to gain controlling interest in the canal

yes!

The Axis powers sought to control the Suez Canal primarily for its strategic significance as a crucial maritime route for trade and military logistics. Securing the canal would allow them to enhance supply lines to their forces in North Africa and the Middle East, facilitating easier access to oil and resources in the region. Additionally, controlling the Suez Canal would disrupt Allied shipping routes, thereby weakening their capability to support operations in Europe and beyond.

Egypt would now control the supply of oil to Europe.

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It is used for transporting oil to various different regions such as China, The Americas, and Europe

Yes

started 1859 completed 1869

11 year it took to build it

11 years

10 years from 1859 to 1869

from 1859 to 1869

The Suez Canal Authority. They are an Egyptian state owned entity.