Increase trade between the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
Building the Suez Canal - 1903 was released on: USA: January 1903
The British actually finished the Suez Canal, even though the French started building it.
The primary purpose of building the Suez Canal was to create a direct maritime route between Europe and Asia, significantly reducing travel time and distance by allowing ships to bypass the lengthy journey around the southern tip of Africa. Similarly, the Panama Canal was constructed to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, facilitating faster and more efficient shipping routes for trade and military movement, while avoiding the perilous passage around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America. Both canals were pivotal in enhancing global trade and economic connectivity.
The Suez Canal.
The cost was $100 million
they could not pay their debts and had to sell the Seuz Canal.
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The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez. This typically would have been dug by hand, but the canal utilized new steam technology and dredging systems to create the canal. When Egypt took over the Suez Canal Company, it marked the end of the British Empire's control on the area.
The Suez Canal