The Suez Crisis was caused by Egypt's approach to modernization and response to funding withdrawal further developed by the significance of the canal and views of other countries, resulting in damage to the canal as well as international relations.
In order to understand how the Suez Crisis unfolded it is important to examine Hist and Geog context. WORK 2ND SENT
Geographical
The Suez canal was an approximately 100 mile long waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea from Port Said and the Red Sea from Suez. The area along the coast of the Mediterranean northeast of the Suez Canal was called the Gaza Strip. Before the Suez Canal was built, ships had to travel around the entire African continent. The canal cut about 5,000 miles off the trip. BECAUSE …show more content…
It spent $8,376,042 to clear the canal, imposed 3% surcharge on canal tolls to recover
Causes The main causes of the Suez crisis were Egypts costly approach to modernization, and the US and Britain's withdrawal of funding -where did the conflict begin? ● was there a particular event or turning point that unleashed the conflict?
In 1952, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser sought international funds to improve the Suez Canal. At first, Nasser solicited funding from the United Nations, World Bank, and Western democratic nations. But money continued to be a problem, so Nasser reached out more widely, cutting arms deals with communist countries, especially Czechoslovakia. An outraged U.S. State Department withdrew American funds Nasser retaliated by nationalizing the Suez Canal on July 26, 1959
Egypt declared its pact with britain void. Pact allowed britain to send troops back to Egypt in case of an armed attack on Egypt, Turkey, or any Arab state, allowed Egypt to take over canal without british threat
In addition, a nationalist movement arose in
In order to understand how the Suez Crisis unfolded it is important to examine Hist and Geog context. WORK 2ND SENT
Geographical
The Suez canal was an approximately 100 mile long waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea from Port Said and the Red Sea from Suez. The area along the coast of the Mediterranean northeast of the Suez Canal was called the Gaza Strip. Before the Suez Canal was built, ships had to travel around the entire African continent. The canal cut about 5,000 miles off the trip. BECAUSE …show more content…
It spent $8,376,042 to clear the canal, imposed 3% surcharge on canal tolls to recover
Causes The main causes of the Suez crisis were Egypts costly approach to modernization, and the US and Britain's withdrawal of funding -where did the conflict begin? ● was there a particular event or turning point that unleashed the conflict?
In 1952, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser sought international funds to improve the Suez Canal. At first, Nasser solicited funding from the United Nations, World Bank, and Western democratic nations. But money continued to be a problem, so Nasser reached out more widely, cutting arms deals with communist countries, especially Czechoslovakia. An outraged U.S. State Department withdrew American funds Nasser retaliated by nationalizing the Suez Canal on July 26, 1959
Egypt declared its pact with britain void. Pact allowed britain to send troops back to Egypt in case of an armed attack on Egypt, Turkey, or any Arab state, allowed Egypt to take over canal without british threat
In addition, a nationalist movement arose in