Which countries are connected by Suez Canal? What was the issue regarding Suez canal in the world History?

Answer 1

The Suez crises was a complicted affair. The best place to find out about is maybe wikipedia.

Answer 2

Suez Canal Connects

Answer 3

The Suez canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
It was built from 1859 to 1869 by the French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps .
Unfortunately it proved so costly that Egypt went bankrupt and was forced to sell its 44 per cent share for £4million pounds to Great Britain. in 1875.
The canal was of vital importance to Britain as a shorter route to their eastern empire and, when Egypt fell into a state of anarchy in 1882, the British invaded and defeated the Egyptian army at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir.
Great Britain then became the controlling power in Egypt until after WW2 although it never formed part of the British Empire.
After WW2 Egypt achieved full independence under the corrupt King Farouk who was over thrown by a clique of army officers in 1950 and President Nasser came to power.
The new government resented the control and income of the canal being in foreign hands and, in 1956, Nasser declared that Egypt was taking over the canal and it would be become an asset for the egyptian economy.
Britain, France and Israel drew up a secret agreement whereby Israel would advance towards the canal and France and Britain would send in troops under the pretence of keeping the two sides apart.
This was only partially successful and world opinion led by the USA forced the invaders to withdraw

Answer 4

A waterway like a canal connects bodies of water, not countries.
The Suez canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea and it runs through Egypt from Suez to Port Said.

Answer 5

The Suez Canal is in Egypt. Its ownership till the famous Suez crisis was in French and British hands. The Suez Crisis ocurred in 1956 when Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal leading to a comparatively minor standoff between Egypt on one side and France, UK and Israel on the other.

Answer 6

Usually, a canal connects waters not countries. The Suez Canal unites the Red Sea with the Mediterranean. It allows the two-way north to south water transport between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation of Africa.

A project of such scale is as old as Pharaonic Egypt.

Answer 7

Artificial waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to Gulf of Suez, and then to the Red Sea.
The canal is 163 km long, and its width varies, and 60 metres at its narrowest. Along most of the length, there is only one lane for traffic available, though there are a handful of passing bays.
The canal is extensively used by modern ships, as it is the fastest crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean. Taxes paid by the vessels represent an important source of income for the Egyptian government.
The canal cuts through 3 lakes, the Lake Manzala, in the north which is protected from the canal with a bedding on its western side, the Lake Timsah in the middle, and the Bitter Lakes further south. The Bitter Lakes make up almost 30 km of the total length.
HISTORY
13th century BCE: A canal is constructed between the Nile Delta and the Red Sea. For the following centuries, the canal was only partially maintained.
8th century CE: The maintenance of the canal is no longer funded by the rulers, and canal soon becomes unnavigable.
1854: By a French initiative, the viceroy of Egypt, Said Pasha, decides for a project to build a canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
1858: La Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez is formed to construct the canal. The company, which was owned by both French and Egyptian interests, should both build the canal, and administer it for the following 99 years. After this time, the ownership would pass over to the Egyptian government.
1859 April 25: Constructions begin.
1869 November 17: With great splendour, the canal is opened for navigation. Dimensions were 22 metre in bottom width, 58 metre in surface width, and a depth of 8 metres.
1875: The British government buys the Egyptian stocks.
1888: By an international convention, the canal is opened for ships of all nations.
1936: Through a treaty the British receives rights to keep military forces in the canal zone.
1948: Egyptian authorities introduce regulations against vessels calling on Israeli ports to pass through the canal.
1954: An agreement between Egypt and Britain that provides for British withdrawal within the following 7 years.
1956 June: The last British troops leave the canal zone, and the Egyptian military annexes British installations.
July 26: Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal.
October 31: France and Britain attack Egypt, under the pretext that they want to open up the canal for vessels of all countries. The Egyptian answer is to sink the 40 ships that are inside the canal at the moment.
1957 March: The canal reopens, after the UN has carried through a scheme of removing the sunken ships.
1962: Egypt pays off all original shareholders.
1967 June 5: In conjunction with the Six-Day War, Egypt closes the canal. The canal would remain closed for years after the end of the war.
1975 June 5: The canal reopens.
— Vessels carrying non-military goods to and from Israel are allowed to pass through the canal.
1979: Unrestricted use for Israel is secured with the peace agreement between the two countries.

It is historically recorded that Egypt was the first country to dig a man-made canal across its lands to connect the Mediterranean sea to the Red sea via the River Nile and its branches, and the first who dug it was Senausert III, Pharaoh of Egypt (1874 B.C.) . This canal was abandoned to silting and reopened several times as follows:
The Suez canal is actually the first canal directly linking the Mediterranean sea to the Red sea. It was opened for international navigation on 17 November 1869.
Egypt nationalized its canal on 26 July 1956
The canal was closed five times, the last time was for 8 years (1967-1975) and was reopened in 1975

Answer 8

Suez (read opposite: Zeus!)!
Suez Canal, is within Egypt.
It connects the Mediterranean and Black Sea with Indian and Pacific Seas, through the Red Sea!
When it was time for the British to walk away, of course they did not want to, so they tried to keep control of it. As the Egyptians were not leaving their right, the British, with the French started the war between Israel and Arabs!

Answer 9

The Suez Canal is a 163-km-long (101 miles) canal in Egypt.
It played an important role in increasing European penetration and colonization of Africa. External debts forced Said Pasha's successor, Isma'il Pasha, to sell his country's share in the canal for £400,000 to the United Kingdom in 1875. The Convention of Constantinople in 1888 declared the canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British; British troops had moved in to protect it during a civil war in Egypt in 1882. Under the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, the United Kingdom insisted on retaining control over the canal. In 1951, Egypt repudiated the treaty, and by 1954 the United Kingdom had agreed to pull out.
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Answer 10

Egypt to Middle East . I think Suez canal was built becoz ships had to Take a much Longer route via South Africa - Cape of Good Hope to Asia while coming from European Countries - England,France,Spain , Holland etc

Answer 11

The Suez canal is not part of Israel