DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
NATIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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conflict resulting from control over oil reserves
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Egypt’s inability to pay for the cost of maintaining the canal
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conflict between Egypt and Britain/France over control of the canal
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A and B only
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A, B, and C
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Suez Crisis began on October 29, 1956, when Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal, a valuable waterway that controlled two-thirds of the oil used by Europe. In July of that year, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to cease fire, which was ignored. On 5 November, Britain and France landed paratroopers along the Suez Canal. Before the Egyptian forces were defeated, they had blocked the canal to all shipping by sinking 40 ships in the canal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Domestically it caused a massive political fallout in Britain and resulted in an economic crisis, while internationally it further complicated the politics of the Middle East, threatening Britain’s key diplomatic relationships with Commonwealth nations and the United States-United Kingdom ‘special relationship’.