HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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restore power to Persia
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connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
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to prevent European domination
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to reveal the Ottoman Empire´s military weaknesses
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Suez Canal is a human-made waterway that cuts north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, making it the shortest maritime route to Asia from Europe. Since its completion in 1869, it has become one of the world’s most heavily used shipping lanes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Who built the Suez Canal? In 1854, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the former french consul to Cairo, got an agreement with the Ottoman Governor of Egypt, Sa’id Pasha, to build the 100 miles long canal across the Isthmus of Suez.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was built using a combination of forced peasant labor and state-of-the-art machinery. Building the Suez Canal required massive labor, and the Egyptian government initially supplied most by forcing the poor to work for nominal pay and under threat of violence.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.