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Until a few years before, the southern Confederate States of the USA had controlled the huge market for cotton and were its main suppliers. The Civil War had put an end to that because of the Union's blockade of Southern ports. The world looked for a new supplier of cotton. India quickly developed its cotton-growing and producing industy, The opening of the Suez Canal enormously shortened the voyage - and thereby significantly lowered the transport costs - and allowed India to take over the market from the Southern States.
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Which country acquired control of Suez canal by purchasing stock from the Egyptian ruler?
Great Britain
How did the british empire end?
It hasn't, although a lot of countries left the Empire is still going even if it is small.
Why did tensions escalate between Israel and Egypt in 1952?
The president of Egypt blocked Israeli ships from accessing the Suez Canal.
Why did people die in the Suez crisis?
9,999,999
What was happening in 1869?
In 1869 Mark Twain's first book The Innocents Abroad is published. Jesse James robs the bank that made him famous. The name of the bank was the Davies County Savings Association in Godlatin, Missouri.
