Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools
Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools
Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools
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The Suez Canal<br />
• Europeans had relatively little <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong><br />
Egypt until 1859, when <strong>the</strong> French began<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Suez Canal.<br />
• Ali had opposed construction <strong>of</strong> a canal to<br />
l<strong>in</strong>k <strong>the</strong> Mediterranean Sea and <strong>the</strong> Red Sea.<br />
• He feared that such a canal would <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
European <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> Egypt because it would<br />
cut thousands <strong>of</strong> miles <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> trip from<br />
Europe to Asia. However, his successors<br />
approved <strong>the</strong> project.